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Brit-, comb. form
Brit. |brɪt|, U.S. |brɪt|
[Shortened ‹British adj.]
Affix. Prefixed to nouns (freq. forming nonce-words) to denote things which are British in origin; British-made, British-based. In later use: spec. designating music, art, design, etc., created by (young) British people and perceived as fashionable, innovative, or influential, esp. on account of international attention or success, as Britart, Britfilm, Britlit, etc.
The popularity of the term Britpop in the early to mid 1990s triggered widespread use of the combining form; see Britpop n.
1977New Musical Express 1 Oct. 1 (heading) Back in the U.K. An MC5's view of Brit-Rock 1977. 1985Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Sept. h2 With a sound built squarely on the Brit-beat of such '60s stars as the Kinks and the Dave Clark Five, the Romantics did for the English invasion what the Stray Cats did for rockabilly. 1992J. Mitford Amer. Way of Birth v. xv. 244 As soon as her pregnancy was confirmed, she booked into the University College Hospital, which arranged for her ante-natal visits (Britspeak for prenatal). 1992Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 21–7 Oct. 24/3 Perhaps they would be remembered as a Herman's Hermit Brit-fluff band that did silly love songs like ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. 1995Guardian 12 Dec. ii. 8/3 (heading) The Turner prize may be over but the Britart bandwagon rolls on. 1996Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 11/4 Promotional campaigns in 36 countries now gave high prominence to rock bands such as Blur and Oasis, ‘Britfash’ designers such as Paul Smith and John Galliano, and style gurus such as Sir Terence Conran. 1997Time Out 10 Sept. 81/1 Many Britfilm industry folk have expressed reservations about piling Lottery money into production when little or nothing has been done to help development or build up the distribution and exhibition sectors. 1998Touch July 34/2 Mica Paris, feisty first lady of Brit-soul..conquered the States two years before Soul II Soul did. 1999Independent on Sunday 28 Nov. (Culture section) 2/1 Laddism..turned out to be the touchpaper which would ignite the triumphalist firework display of ‘BritCulture’ (BritLit, BritPop, BritFlick and BritArt). |