a literary genre characterized by graphically described scenes of an extremely gory nature
Word origin
C20: from splatter + punk1
splatterpunk in American English
(ˈsplætərˌpʌŋk)
noun
a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence
Word origin
[1985–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1985–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: DNA fingerprinting, WIMP, antisense, golden handcuffs, neural network