reggaen.

Brit.

/ˈrɛɡeɪ/, U.S.

/ˈrɛɡeɪ/, Caribbean English

/ˈrɛɡɛ/

Forms: 1900s– reggae, 1900s– reggay. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Jamaican English rege-rege in the sense ‘rags, ragged clothing’ (see F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 380/1, and compare note below); a connection with this word in its other sense ‘quarrel, row’ is perhaps also possible. Compare also ragga n., ragamuffin n. 4. Compare later reggaeton n.For an explanation of the term given by the musician Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert (leader of the band Toots and the Maytals, who recorded the song cited in quot. 1968¹), see:2004 Independent (Electronic ed.) 4 June 18 Hibbert says his naming of the genre on the 1968 single ‘Do The Reggay’ was pure accident. “There's a word we used to use in Jamaica called ‘streggae’,” he recalls. “If a girl is walking and the guys look at her and say ‘Man, she's streggae’ it means she don't dress well, she look raggedy. The girls would say that about the men too. This one morning me and my two friends were playing and I said, ‘OK man, let's do the reggay.’ It was just something that came out of my mouth. So we just start singing ‘Do the reggay, do the reggay’ and created a beat. People tell me later that we had given the sound its name. Before that people had called it blue-beat and all kind of other things.”

Originally Jamaican.

1. A dance characterized by bent knees and swaying improvised movements of the upper body, originally performed to the shuffling, syncopated rhythm typical of the earliest reggae music (see sense 2). Cf. rocksteady n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun]

rag dance1892

rag1899

jazzing1917

shey-sheyc1920

juking1937

boogie1940

rocking1948

rock 'n' rolling1956

rock 'n' roll1958

monkey1963

ska1964

boogaloo1965

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

skank1974

salsa1975

skanking1976

Macarena1995

1968 T. Hibbert Do Reggay (song, perf. The Maytals) I want to do the reggay with you, Come on to me, do the dance, Is this the new dance going round the town? We can move you baby, Do the reggay, do the reggay.

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 7 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) Come do this brand new dance–the reggae.

1973 Black World Jan. 77/2 I heard the Rastas credited with starting everything from the island's most popular dance, ‘Reggae’, to the embryonic Black Consciousness movement.

2000 B. Lee in L. Bradley Bass Culture (2001) x. 203 It was the certain dance they were doing—a much more jerky, stepping dance—that would be called the reggae.

2. A style of popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat and usually a prominent bass line, a simple harmonic structure, and a slower tempo than that typical of related genres such as ska and rocksteady; (occasionally) a song in this style. Cf. rocksteady n. 1, ska n.Reggae evolved in the late 1960s from ska and rocksteady. In the early 1970s it began to be heavily influenced by Rastafarianism and became characteristically an assertion of Jamaican identity and a music of social protest, in which form it gained international popularity, esp. through the songs of Bob Marley (1945–81). A large number of related genres have subsequently evolved (see dance hall n. 2, dub n.⁷ 1, lovers rock n. at lover n.² Compounds 2b, ragga n., root n.¹ Compounds 3a(b)), as well as fusion styles, such as Puerto Rican reggaeton.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican

bluebeat1964

ska1964

rocksteady1967

reggae1968

dub1973

skank1974

roots reggae1976

skanking1976

roots1979

dance hall1982

ragamuffin1986

ragga1990

bashment1996

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. 10/4 If there were any composers of ‘The Reggae’ present then he would be sure that ‘Carmen’ would soon be put to the Reggae beat.

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Dec. 18/4 A new comer to the local scene with their easy beat of the reggae.

1969 Daily Mirror 10 Oct. 19/1 Reggae, West Indian music.

1970 R. Allen Skinhead xii. 102 He hired local groups hoping to play enough ‘reggae’ to appease the ‘aggro’ boys.

1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 July 7/3 The reggaes..should be viewed as songs of social protest in which the dispossessed describe their personal experience and comment upon the social injustice of the system.

1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come xi. 249 Is not church music dis, sah, look nuh! Is de living reggae. Good beat, lively tune, dread, dread reggae, sah, a hit.

1988 R. Doyle Commitments (1991) 10 We'll leave the reggae to the skinheads an' the spacers.

1997 Utne Reader Feb. 104/2 No longer just the stepchild of reggae, dub grows up and gets metaphysical.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as reggae beat, reggae group, reggae rhythm, etc.

ΚΠ

1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. 10/4 He would be sure that ‘Carmen’ would soon be put to the Reggae beat.

1969 Listener 25 Dec. 905/2 A very dapper and jaunty Reggae group called the Pioneers.

1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xiii. 120 I'm a reggae fan. West Indian music. And early Beatles like ‘From Me to You’.

1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Apr. 58/4 As reggae grows in popularity, ever more artists are performing material with a reggae flavour.

1981 Guardian 13 July 9/1 They dressed up the reggae beat with subtle use of electronic ‘syn drums’ borrowed from the disco world.

1993 Wire Feb. 66/2 Rocksteady arrived on the scene in 1966 and had been all but supplanted by the more syncopated reggae rhythm two years later.

2007 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 22 Apr. (News & Opinion) 21/1 [A] committed Rastafarian and reggae singer.

C2. With past participles, forming adjectives designating music, songs, etc., influenced by reggae, esp. in employing its characteristic rhythm.

ΚΠ

1973 New Musical Express 25 Aug. 6 This was all quite startling coming from one half of what appeared to be a straight-on, reggae-tinged rock duo.

1983 Jet 14 Nov. 54/1 [Lionel Richie] is currently reveling in the success of his reggae-flavored All Night Long (All Night).

1995 K. Bilby in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents ix. 225 The sound may jump from calypso- or reggae-inflected rhythms one moment to strong hints of zouk , dancehall, or soukous the next.

2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 8 Feb. 64 He's pepping up his sets with reggae-influenced rhythms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reggae
释义	reggaen. Brit. /ˈrɛɡeɪ/, U.S. /ˈrɛɡeɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈrɛɡɛ/ Forms: 1900s– reggae, 1900s– reggay. Also with capital initial. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Jamaican English rege-rege in the sense ‘rags, ragged clothing’ (see F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 380/1, and compare note below); a connection with this word in its other sense ‘quarrel, row’ is perhaps also possible. Compare also ragga n., ragamuffin n. 4. Compare later reggaeton n.For an explanation of the term given by the musician Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert (leader of the band Toots and the Maytals, who recorded the song cited in quot. 1968¹), see:2004 Independent (Electronic ed.) 4 June 18 Hibbert says his naming of the genre on the 1968 single ‘Do The Reggay’ was pure accident. “There's a word we used to use in Jamaica called ‘streggae’,” he recalls. “If a girl is walking and the guys look at her and say ‘Man, she's streggae’ it means she don't dress well, she look raggedy. The girls would say that about the men too. This one morning me and my two friends were playing and I said, ‘OK man, let's do the reggay.’ It was just something that came out of my mouth. So we just start singing ‘Do the reggay, do the reggay’ and created a beat. People tell me later that we had given the sound its name. Before that people had called it blue-beat and all kind of other things.” Originally Jamaican. 1. A dance characterized by bent knees and swaying improvised movements of the upper body, originally performed to the shuffling, syncopated rhythm typical of the earliest reggae music (see sense 2). Cf. rocksteady n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > dances to specific popular music > [noun] rag dance1892 rag1899 jazzing1917 shey-sheyc1920 juking1937 boogie1940 rocking1948 rock 'n' rolling1956 rock 'n' roll1958 monkey1963 ska1964 boogaloo1965 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 skank1974 salsa1975 skanking1976 Macarena1995 1968 T. Hibbert Do Reggay (song, perf. The Maytals) I want to do the reggay with you, Come on to me, do the dance, Is this the new dance going round the town? We can move you baby, Do the reggay, do the reggay. 1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 7 Sept. 7/5 (advt.) Come do this brand new dance–the reggae. 1973 Black World Jan. 77/2 I heard the Rastas credited with starting everything from the island's most popular dance, ‘Reggae’, to the embryonic Black Consciousness movement. 2000 B. Lee in L. Bradley Bass Culture (2001) x. 203 It was the certain dance they were doing—a much more jerky, stepping dance—that would be called the reggae. 2. A style of popular music of Jamaican origin, characterized by a strongly accentuated offbeat and usually a prominent bass line, a simple harmonic structure, and a slower tempo than that typical of related genres such as ska and rocksteady; (occasionally) a song in this style. Cf. rocksteady n. 1, ska n.Reggae evolved in the late 1960s from ska and rocksteady. In the early 1970s it began to be heavily influenced by Rastafarianism and became characteristically an assertion of Jamaican identity and a music of social protest, in which form it gained international popularity, esp. through the songs of Bob Marley (1945–81). A large number of related genres have subsequently evolved (see dance hall n. 2, dub n.⁷ 1, lovers rock n. at lover n.² Compounds 2b, ragga n., root n.¹ Compounds 3a(b)), as well as fusion styles, such as Puerto Rican reggaeton. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [noun] > Jamaican bluebeat1964 ska1964 rocksteady1967 reggae1968 dub1973 skank1974 roots reggae1976 skanking1976 roots1979 dance hall1982 ragamuffin1986 ragga1990 bashment1996 1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. 10/4 If there were any composers of ‘The Reggae’ present then he would be sure that ‘Carmen’ would soon be put to the Reggae beat. 1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Dec. 18/4 A new comer to the local scene with their easy beat of the reggae. 1969 Daily Mirror 10 Oct. 19/1 Reggae, West Indian music. 1970 R. Allen Skinhead xii. 102 He hired local groups hoping to play enough ‘reggae’ to appease the ‘aggro’ boys. 1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 July 7/3 The reggaes..should be viewed as songs of social protest in which the dispossessed describe their personal experience and comment upon the social injustice of the system. 1980 M. Thelwell Harder they Come xi. 249 Is not church music dis, sah, look nuh! Is de living reggae. Good beat, lively tune, dread, dread reggae, sah, a hit. 1988 R. Doyle Commitments (1991) 10 We'll leave the reggae to the skinheads an' the spacers. 1997 Utne Reader Feb. 104/2 No longer just the stepchild of reggae, dub grows up and gets metaphysical. Compounds C1. General attributive, as reggae beat, reggae group, reggae rhythm, etc. ΚΠ 1968 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. 10/4 He would be sure that ‘Carmen’ would soon be put to the Reggae beat. 1969 Listener 25 Dec. 905/2 A very dapper and jaunty Reggae group called the Pioneers. 1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xiii. 120 I'm a reggae fan. West Indian music. And early Beatles like ‘From Me to You’. 1976 Telegraph (Brisbane) 28 Apr. 58/4 As reggae grows in popularity, ever more artists are performing material with a reggae flavour. 1981 Guardian 13 July 9/1 They dressed up the reggae beat with subtle use of electronic ‘syn drums’ borrowed from the disco world. 1993 Wire Feb. 66/2 Rocksteady arrived on the scene in 1966 and had been all but supplanted by the more syncopated reggae rhythm two years later. 2007 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) 22 Apr. (News & Opinion) 21/1 [A] committed Rastafarian and reggae singer. C2. With past participles, forming adjectives designating music, songs, etc., influenced by reggae, esp. in employing its characteristic rhythm. ΚΠ 1973 New Musical Express 25 Aug. 6 This was all quite startling coming from one half of what appeared to be a straight-on, reggae-tinged rock duo. 1983 Jet 14 Nov. 54/1 [Lionel Richie] is currently reveling in the success of his reggae-flavored All Night Long (All Night). 1995 K. Bilby in P. Manuel et al. Caribbean Currents ix. 225 The sound may jump from calypso- or reggae-inflected rhythms one moment to strong hints of zouk , dancehall, or soukous the next. 2007 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 8 Feb. 64 He's pepping up his sets with reggae-influenced rhythms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1968
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