[Ads-l] Antedating of "Breakbeat" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

breakbeat, adj. (OED 1987)

1985 News-Pilot (San Pedro, Cal.) 9 Aug. 28/3 (Newspapers.com)

These DJs ... "played break after break to create a endless peak of dance beats."  This style of music became known as "break-beat" music and its dancers were called "b-boys" or "break dancers."

Fred Shapiro



------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org