mallgoth

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɔːlɡɒθ/    美 /ˈmɔlˌɡɑθ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc. countable
    — MallGoths are young in age, spending the majority of their time after school at the mall. […] MallGoths dress differently to seem "in the know," when, in actuality, they have no clue what Goth culture really is. To them, Goth is a fashion statement and nothing more.
  2. The culture or fashion style adopted by such a person. uncountable
    — "The skull is all-purpose," said Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker. "It simultaneously refers to horror movies, to the Misfits and, by extension, all punk rock, and to a generalized culture of blackness and spookiness and the larger, mall-Goth culture."

词形变化

mallgoths plural mall-goth alternative mall goth alternative

词源

From mall (“enclosed shopping centre”) + goth (“person who is part of the goth subculture”), suggesting that they purchase their clothes from mainstream retail outlets.
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