yacht rock

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yacht rock

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A retronym, suggesting the stereotype of a yuppie listening to the music while out sailing.

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uncountable A smooth, melodic form of soft rock music of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Yacht rock from the 1970s floated over the aisles like a bad storm cloud, dumping torrents of Christopher Cross and of the band that gave me sweaty nightmares, Steely Dan.
Similar: West Coast Sound, adult-oriented rock, AOR

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@misc{yacht_rock_2026,
  title = {yacht rock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yacht%20rock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}