See also: wave and WAVE

English

edit

Etymology

edit

Likely derived from new wave, and popularized by the terms chillwave and vaporwave.

Suffix

edit

-wave

  1. Applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics.
    chill + ‎-wave → ‎chillwave
    dark + ‎-wave → ‎darkwave
    vapor + ‎-wave → ‎vaporwave

Derived terms

edit