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reggae

reg·gae

UK/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/ US/ˈrɛˌɡeɪ/ uncommon

noun

1.

popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar

Origin

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.

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