popular beat combo
English edit
Etymology edit
From popular + beat + combo (“small musical group”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɒpjʊlə ˌbiːt ˈkɒmbəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɑpjəlɚ ˌbit ˈkɑmboʊ/, /ˈpɑ-/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: pop‧ul‧ar beat com‧bo
Noun edit
popular beat combo (plural popular beat combos)
- (British, music, humorous or ironic) A pop group. [from 1990s]
- 1999 June 12, Lawrence Donegan, Maybe It Should Have Been a Three Iron: My Year as Caddie for the World's 438th Best Golfer, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 199:
- I thought it was a bit odd that the world's most popular beat combo should choose a golf tournament at Waldviertel for their reunion concert.
- 2006 October 5, John K. V. Eunson, Crabbit Old Buggers!, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN:
- An early indication of crabbitness can be identified in teenage years by an inability to move either hips or shoulders no matter what popular beat combo are playing.
- 2020 April 10, Brian Taylor, “Coronavirus: 'A question of balance' over lockdown exit”, in BBC News[1]:
- When I was younger, I was quite an adherent of the popular beat combo known as The Moody Blues.
Usage notes edit
The term humorously suggests that the speaker, often an older person, is unfamiliar with modern popular music.[1]
Translations edit
pop group — see pop group
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “popular beat combo, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “popular beat combo, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
popular beat combo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
