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Popular culture
The vernacular or people's culture that prevails in a modern society.
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film noir
Culture; Popular culture
A term coined to describe Hollywood thrillers of the 1940s and 1950s, which portrayed the dark underworld of crime and corruption.
flapper
Culture; Popular culture
A young woman of the 1920s, often one who defied social conventions. Flappers cut their hair short and wore short skirts.
folk music
Culture; Popular culture
Traditional songs, dance or music; in the 1960s applied to the work of Bob Dylan and others who revived traditional forms and wrote new words to old ballads to express contemporary social ...
franchise
Culture; Popular culture
Permission to sell a company's goods or services, usually within a particular geographical area, under that company's name.
futurism
Culture; Popular culture
A movement in the visual arts, music and literature, which originated in 1909 with the publication of the Italian poet F.T. Marinetti's Futunst Manitesta. Its adherents made a cult of speed and the ...
generation gap
Culture; Popular culture
A lack of communication and understanding between people of different age-groups.
fan-chant
Culture; Popular culture
Words chanted by the fans to cheer on the singers during a particular song. They are created to go along with the melody. They are shouted during a part of the song when the singers are not singing, ...
