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acid western

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.34 in modern English

Syllables
acid west-ern
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subversive and often surrealist western subgenre associated with 1960s counterculture.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of acid Western

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by American film critic Pauline Kael in a review of El Topo (1970).

Usage

Inflected Forms

acid Westerns (plural)

Questions

What does acid western mean?
A subversive and often surrealist western subgenre associated with 1960s counterculture.
Where does acid western come from?
Coined by American film critic Pauline Kael in a review of El Topo (1970).

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