- Olympia, WA-based Kill Rock Stars, which had released a number of "Wordcore" records, snapped it up.
Wordcore
adjective; clipping
Characterizing someone who gives a lot of importance to words/lyrics. (“He only likes Eminem since he is Wordcore”) The writer wanted to describe a record company that prioritized words/lyrics over everything else; i.e. they were hardcore about the words – ‘Wordcore’.
Source : review by K. Goldsmith/NY Press, V11, N21 via www.brainlingo.com
Last modified: 10 June 2008