Urban Cowboy

Meaning

Noun

  • A person living in the city who dresses in clothes that suggest a film of the western genre.
  • Pop-styled country music which became popular during the early 1980s, following the release of the movie Urban Cowboy (1980).

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Origin

  • The term is borrowed from the title of a popular 1980 movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger and featuring several country music performances.

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