alt.country

British

/ ɔːlt /

noun

a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music

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Etymology

Origin of alt.country

C20: from _alt ( _ernative ) + _country

Example Sentences

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These branding strokes nurture Outlaw Country’s odd community of alt.country hipsters and good-ol’-boy truckers, who come together to eschew mainstream Nashville music.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2016

He alternates between country and alt.country on the two "sides" ofof his concept album Photographs.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012

If the alt.country heads and jazz cats had a go on it, they might just have some sort of epiphany.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2010

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