EPA-dunk

Swedish

Alternative forms

• epa-dunk, epadunk

Etymology

Compound of EPA (“a vehicle class”) +‎ dunk (“thump; untz”).

Noun

EPA-dunk n

1. (music) A music genre appurtenant to the EPA subculture.
   • 2017 September 29, Skaraborgsbygden‎^[1]:

     Det är alltifrån rockabilly och Eddie Meduza till house och EPA-dunk.

     It ranges from rockabilly and Eddie Meduza to house and EPA oontz.

   • 2022 September 17, Rino Rotevatn, “Arvikapartiet om EPA-dunket: ”De måste ju få finnas någonstans” [The Arvika party about the EPA untz: "They have to exist somewhere"]”, in SVT Nyheter‎^[2]:

     Det nya Arvikapartiet har inget emot lite EPA-dunk på gatorna – åtminstone inte före klockan 23 på kvällen.

     The new Arvika party doesn't mind a little EPA untz on the streets - at least not before 11pm in the evening.

Usage notes

• Appeared on the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore list New Words of the Year 2022. Meaning that while the word may have been used to a lesser extent before that year, it entered the larger public vocabulary in 2022.

Declension

Declension of EPA-dunk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	EPA-dunk	EPA-dunks
	definite	EPA-dunket	EPA-dunkets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• EPA-dunklåt

See also

• EPA-sound
• dunka plåt
• könsrock