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  • noun uncountable, often pejorative Any style or genre that is ostensibly counterculture or alternative, but actually mainstream enough to be encountered at a mall, or among the type of people who frequent a mall.
  • noun countable An alternative to a mall, particularly an open-air urban shopping district.

Etymologies

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Blend of mall and alternative.

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