fashwave

English

Etymology

Blend of fascist +‎ vaporwave, equivalent to fash +‎ -wave. Compare synthwave, darkwave, new wave.

Noun

fashwave (uncountable)

  1. Vaporwave music and art with fascist themes.
    • 2016 December 14, Michael Hann, quoting Reggie Ugwu, “'Fashwave': synth music co-opted by the far right”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      “The Jew-owned Buzzfeed[sic] blog has done an article about how fashwave has become the musical soundtrack of the alt-right,” the piece said.
    • 2018 January 13, Jack Smith IV, “This is fashwave, the suicidal retro-futurist art of the alt-right”, in Mic‎[2]:
      In fashwave, as in all fascist art (yes, that’s what the “fash” part stands for), the far right’s insecurities and apocalyptic death wish are chiefly on display.

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