Wednesday, August 8, 2012

“K-pop” officially added to Oxford Dictionary

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With the growing popularity of K-pop worldwide, the world’s most comprehensive single-language print dictionary, Oxford, has officially added the term “K-Pop” to it’s dictionary.


Oxford defines K-pop as:



noun

[mass noun]

Korean pop music:

the band has a style that mixes European music and K-pop

[as modifier]:

K-pop fans



This gives further credence to the rapid globalization of K-pop.


Sources: Oxford, Wtop

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