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Popular culture
The vernacular or people's culture that prevails in a modern society.
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syncopation
Culture; Popular culture
The stressing of normally unaccented beats, in music such as jazz.
syndication
Culture; Popular culture
The sale of a story or program for simultaneous release by a number of different media outlets.
thriller
Culture; Popular culture
A book, play or film that creates excitement or suspense; especially one dealing with mystery or crime.
Tin Pan Alley
Culture; Popular culture
Until the 1950s, the composers and publishers of the popular music industry in the USA.
underground
Culture; Popular culture
Term adopted in the 1960s to describe anti-establishment or counter-cultural beliefs and activities.
vaudeville
Culture; Popular culture
Variety shows or revues, featuring singers, dancers, comedians and acrobats.
vernacular culture
Culture; Popular culture
Like folk culture, the functional and artistic productions of people outside their involvement in the economic sphere; those things, from music to clothes to houses, that people make for themselves.