English
sludgecore
From sludge + -core.
Formed from sludge + -core
Proto-Germanic *slakaz ‘weak, lazy’
Old Norse slókr ‘oaf (elf's child)’
Middle English slugge ‘lazy person’
English sludge
Today it means
noun A genre of music, sludge metal.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sludgecore”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / sludgecore