yacht rock

English

Etymology

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

Noun

yacht rock (uncountable)

1. (music) A smooth, melodic form of soft rock music of the late 1970s and early 1980s.

   Synonyms: West Coast Sound, adult-oriented rock

   Hypernym: soft rock

   • 2012, Jenn Bennett, Summoning the Night: An Arcadia Bell Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     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.

Further reading

• yacht rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia