pop culture

[ pop kuhl-cher ]

noun

1. popular culture.

adjective

1. Also pop cul·tur·al. relating, referring, or belonging to cultural and commercial artifacts, media, and entertainment reflecting, suited to, or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people:

   The pop culture view of knights is often oversimplified.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pop culture¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.

From The Daily Beast

Growing up in that suburbia and air of pop culture, these images stayed with me like a weird dream.

From The Daily Beast

She views music and pop culture as a resource for people to figure out where we are as a society.

From The Daily Beast

Finally, America will have to accept Bill Cosby as a many-sided man, rather than a much-loved pop-culture caricature.

From The Daily Beast

But birthed out of the annals of Reddit and onto heavily trafficked pop-culture sites, “Too Many Cooks” has become mainstream.

From The Daily Beast