rockabilly
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
rockabilly (countable and uncountable, plural rockabillies or rockabillys)
- (uncountable, music) A genre of music originating from the South (United States) and mixing elements of rock, blues, country, hillbilly boogie and bluegrass music.
- (countable) A member of the subculture associated with rockabilly music.
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Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English rockabilly.
Noun
rockabilly m (plural rockabillys)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.