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Words are very powerful — so become empowered by enhancing your vocabulary! Check out this week’s word ‘Crunk’, a new entrant to the Oxford Dictionary

Crunk

Noun

Definition: A type of hip-hop music characterised by repeatedly shouted catchphrases and elements typical of electronic dance music, such as prominent bass:

(Crunk: Adjective: Very excited or full of energy)

Examples: “You said before that crunk is just recycled bass music.”

“Apparently, there’s some new musical movement going on in the hip-hop world called crunk.”

“At the heart of this conviction is a total lack of pretence combined with a genuine passion for music in all its many varieties, from rave to rock and punk to crunk.”

Published in Dawn, Young World, June 11th, 2016

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