pop culture

American  

[pop kuhl-cher] / ˈpɒp ˈkʌl tʃər /

noun

1. popular culture.

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adjective

1. Also pop cultural 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.

Etymology

Origin of pop culture

First recorded in 1955–60

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From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

Either way, the pop culture approach appears to be working.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

They come with equity and stock portfolios in a migration fueled by pop culture, from the film “A River Runs Through It” to, more recently, “Yellowstone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

“We created an entire pop culture and current events timeline in the writers room,” says Kittrell, which is how they realized No Doubt’s album “Tragic Kingdom” had come out exactly when “Elle” begins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Todd Solondz’s Welcome to the Dollhouse, and a string of comically bitter teen movies from Hollywood, pop culture has been trying to get this message out for years.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz