cottagecore

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Etymology

From cottage +‎ -core.

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Noun

Cottagecore evokes the aesthetic of simple rural living.

cottagecore (uncountable)

  1. (aesthetic) An aesthetic that celebrates a return to traditional skills and crafts associated with rural living, such as sewing, gardening, foraging, baking, and pottery.
    • 2021, Emily Kent, The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life, page 5:
      If you've ever yearned for an idyllic life in the country, then cottagecore is for you.
    • 2021, Susannah Nix, Elementary Romantic Calculus, unnumbered page:
      Underneath the clutter, the twin-size mattress was covered with a patchwork quilt and sheets dotted with tiny pink roses. There was a ruffled mint green bed skirt to match the ruffled gingham valance above the window. It was like standing in the cottagecore Holy Land.
    • 2021, Willa Reece, Wildwood Whispers, unnumbered page:
      I weeded and watered all while being nurtured myself. Working for Granny felt more like a cottagecore vacation than it should at times.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cottagecore.
    • 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time:
      Each show spans over 180 minutes, including 40-plus songs from at least nine albums; there are 16 costume changes, pyrotechnics, an optical illusion in which she appears to dive into the stage and swim, and not one but two cottagecore worlds, which feature an abundance of moss.

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