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Adam Ant
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New Romantic

1. (n.) a bloke who walks around wearing his sister's make-up, pouting.

or

2. (n.) a music genre of the early 1980s typified by Adam and the Ants, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, and the Human League, who walked around wearing their sisters' make-up and pouting.


1981 Music: Top of the Pops | Fizz & Dolce | New Romantics






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