English
terrorcore
From terror + -core.
Formed from terror + -core
Proto-Indo-European *tres- ‘to tremble (with fear)’
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Latin terror ‘fright, fear, terror’
Old French terreur ‘terror, fear, dread’
Middle French terreur
Middle English terrour ‘a terror’
English terror
Today it means
noun A European music genre that is a faster variant of hardcore techno, often incorporating samples from horror films.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “terrorcore”. 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.
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