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Permalink Reply by carol 884 on July 3, 2012 at 8:30pm

Hey there-

I have found that the first word usually means it is for men...like you'll find underwear with wider gussets/crotches to "accommodate" their plumbing. Heavier weight stockings for better coverage, etc.

cosplay stands for "costume play" and I have found it usually is comprised of people dressed up in characters like from anime type cartoons.

What I'd like to know is what is "rockabilly"  and "psychobilly" LOL!

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Permalink Reply by Desilu on July 4, 2012 at 12:59am

Add to that "VLV"!! I totally agree with you carol... so anyone else want to define these 2-3 words for us?

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Permalink Reply by Shay D on July 4, 2012 at 1:23am

I am not sure if this is a real question or not but in case it is...

Psychobilly refers to a music style/subculture based in  Rockabilly mixed with punk influences, horror themes.  The look is a 'harder' Rockabilly look, usually brighter colors, more punk influenced, bigger hair.

VLV- Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender in Vegas is a Rockabilly music subculture weekend and vintage car-show every Easter.

Rockabilly is one of the earliest forms of Rock music, it's style being popular in early 1950's.  What you are seeing posted is the Rockabilly subculture style which would be of a vintage, 50's rock, or a 1950's "Juvenile delinquent style"

These are all terms that make it easy to identify (especially on ebay 10-15 years) ago what the item was.

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Permalink Reply by Desilu on July 4, 2012 at 1:46am

Thanks Shay D! Cleared alot up, and yes, it was a real question!

Appreciate your clarifications!

Jenn

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Permalink Reply by Shay D on July 4, 2012 at 2:28am

Anytime, glad I could help.

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Permalink Reply by Desilu on July 4, 2012 at 12:58am

Thanks everyone! if you're on ebay buying vintage, you'll notice that there is a lot of rockabilly/cosplay/vintage/VLV(?)/sissy... in the tag description of items... that's where the question came from. every once in a while i do see psychobilly... appreciate the definitions, now i know what i'm looking at/reading!!!

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