Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A style of music, originating in the West Indies, that is a blend of soul and calypso.
Wiktionary
- n. music A style of music from the West Indies.
Etymologies
- From Blend of soul and calypso. (Wiktionary)
- so(ul) + ca(lypso). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“David Rudder was one of the pioneers of the modern pacy form of calypso known as soca.”
“He described it in a 2004 interview with Rolling Stone as "a sound that has elements of soca, salsa, African sounds, cumbia, sea breeze and about 50 percent of it comes from inside me, but I don't have any damn idea which.”
“No matter how enticing the allure of riding passenger side with soca tickling your spine may be-just say no to jumping in the front!”
The Huffington Post: Chie Davis: Caribbean Holiday Travel-Do's & Don'ts for Female Travelers
“Ever since Zanzibar closed last year, we've been missing announcements for soca and Caribbean dance parties in D.C.”
The Washington Post: Getting Up Guide: Get on your dancing shoes
“London Festival The "Notting Hill Carnival" will bring a million people, over 100 colorful floats and a variety of music ranging from soca to calypso, funk, house and dub onto the streets of London in celebration of Europe's biggest carnival.”
“Over the next few hours I danced, slung mud and paint, and quickly became acclimated to the popular soca songs that would remained my playlist over the next four and a half days.”
The Huffington Post: Teri Johnson: It's Time For Trinidad Carnival For 2012
“MR: laughs I would also like to talk about your biggest hit, "Hot, Hot, Hot," your soca single from a few years back.”
“There are different kinds of music that you can choose from, including soca, dancehall, and classic reggae as well.”
“For me, Chile look stale, and I was relieved in contrast by the Bajan-soca set-up of the Honduran team.”
Pop World Cup 2010: Group H – Chile 1 Honduras 3 | FreakyTrigger
“The sensory riot of soca and reggae rhythms thundering as legions of ecstatic feather-clad, paint-wearing, stilt-walking, rump-shaking participants travel down Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue is something that YouTube clips and Twitter updates simply cannot fully capture.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘soca’.
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WWF WTF?
Ever play "Words With Friends" with someone and they throw down some strange, unlikely group of letters that makes even the most mild and squeaky clean tongued person say "whiskey tango foxtrot"? ...
oorie, sangar, merl, cwm, doum, weir, jura, invar, lawine, tapa, waw, shog and 376 more...
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All Soul Words
phytopsyche, pneuma, psychagogic, psychorrhagia, frankalmoigne, psychostasia, psychomancy, psychopannychism, shotten-souled, soul-paper, soul-cake, soul-ale and 31 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
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aozuas's Words
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Words of the Day
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tsherel's Words
yardie, mandeville, manchester, bogle, masai, gist, wiki, linux, pilonidal, adenoid, nerd, loser and 30 more...
Tweets
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