Grunge

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  • noun. Filth; dirt.
  • noun. Rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, often expressing a bleak or nihilistic outlook.
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  • noun. Dirt or filth, especially when difficult to clean.
  • noun. The state of being filthy; grubbiness.
  • noun. A subgenre of alternative music, originating from Seattle, Washington, which melds punk and metal.
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  • noun. the state of being covered with unclean things
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    "Though the film makes relatively few gestures toward contextualizing the band's place in the music of the '90s the band's members scorn the term grunge as a reductive buzzword, there are a few heartrending clips of The Most Dangerous Line of Latitude on the Planet Dana Stevens is Slate's movie critic."
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    expunge  lunge  plunge  sponge  
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