Abbaesque

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From ABBA +‎ -esque.

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Abbaesque (comparative more Abbaesque, superlative most Abbaesque)

  1. (music) Similar in style to the Swedish pop supergroup ABBA.
    • 2008, Tara Brabazon, “Wiring God’s waiting rooms: the greying of the World Wide Web”, in Tara Brabazon, editor, The Revolution Will Not Be Downloaded: Dissent in the digital age, Oxford: Chandos Publishing, →ISBN, page 45:
      They could use all the rooms for their own purposes, without decorating them the Abbaesque taste of their son or pseudo-Gothic fixations of their daughter.
    • 2022 September 6, Fiona Shepherd, “Music review: Arcade Fire, Hydro, Glasgow”, in The Scotsman[1]:
      Here, they accompanied disco funk rocker Reflektor with some spectacular mirrorball action while giant inflatable stickmen sprang up around the apron of the stage during Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) and the irresistible ABBAesque Everything Now.