indie
pronunciation
How to pronounce indie in British English:
UK [ˈɪndi]
How to pronounce indie in American English:
US [ˈɪndi]
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- Noun:
- a pop group not affiliated with a major record company
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- Adjective:
- (of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company
Word Origin
- indie (n.)
- "independent record company," 1945, shortening of independent (among the earliest mentioned were Continental, Majestic, and Signature); used of film production companies since 1920s, of theaters from 1942; extended by 1984 to a type of pop music issued by such labels.
Example
- 1. At channel 4 our livelihood depends upon our 300 indie suppliers .
- 2. Considering other forms of music instantiates to indie music critics that they really have considered all music .
- 3. Decades later , punk and indie rock embraced modernist values too , scorning pop music as unoriginal .
- 4. Also this year , the same camera shot commercials , indie films and even parts of network tv shows .
- 5. A cool video on youtube soon followed featuring a catchy song written by hong kong indie star chet lam .