popular beat combo

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English

WOTD – 13 February 2022

Etymology

From popular +‎ beat +‎ combo (“small musical group”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɒpjʊlə ˌbiːt ˈkɒmbəʊ/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɑpjəlɚ ˌbit ˈkɑmboʊ/, /ˈpɑ-/
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  • Hyphenation: pop‧ul‧ar beat com‧bo

Noun

popular beat combo (plural popular beat combos)

  1. (British, music, humorous or ironic) A pop group.
    • 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:
      When I was younger, I was quite an adherent of the popular beat combo known as The Moody Blues.

Usage notes

The term humorously suggests that the speaker, often an older person, is unfamiliar with modern popular music.

Translations

pop group — see pop group

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “popular beat combo, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “popular beat combo, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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