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Dub

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duhb'dub'1 syllable
🇬🇧English
Creative

MEANING

To confer a new title or nickname

ORIGIN

Anglo-Saxon

ETYMOLOGY

From Old English 'dubban' meaning 'to strike, beat, dub'

CULTURAL NOTES

Often used in the context of dubbing voices in media or conferring knighthood.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Historically used to describe the act of conferring a title, particularly in chivalric contexts.

🇯🇲Jamaican Patois
Short

MEANING

A genre of music

ORIGIN

Jamaican

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from 'double', referring to the remixing of tracks

CULTURAL NOTES

Dub music is a subgenre of reggae known for its instrumental remixes.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Emerged in the late 1960s in Jamaica, associated with reggae and Rastafarian culture.

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