Steampunk

Pronunciation

RP IPA: en, /ËˆstiËmpÊŒÅ‹k/
Hyphenation: en + steam + punk

Origin

en + -steam + punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by science-fiction writer K. W. Jeter (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine in response to a review of his book published the same year (see the quotation below).

Full definition of steampunk

Noun

steampunk

(countable and uncountable; plural steampunks)

(uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires.

1987, James Blaylock, There's railroad trains, a lot of steam-driven stuff, but that's about it. More â€˜steam punkâ€™, I suppose.
May 8, 2008, Ruth La Ferla, Steampunk moves between 2 worlds, It is also the vision of steampunk, a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines.

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

, Personally, I think Victorian fantasies are going to be the next big thing, as long as we can come up with a fitting collective term for Powers, w

(countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

2009, Klaude Davenport, An interview with Emmett and Klaude Davenport of the Clockwork Cabaret, It wound up being an overwhelmingly positive experience that made me appreciate the steampunks around me even more.
24 September 2010, John Naylor, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/steam-scholars/bdMTIoChWyQ/pz5TAUpNxcYJ|Re:

Derived terms

Verb

(transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.

26 October 2011, John Lui, Musketeers victim of identity crisis review of w, w:Paul W. S. Anderson
2012, Sybil Fogg, Llewellyn's 2013 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living Chapter Mechomancy: Steampunk Sensibilities in Pagan Traditions, There is also a strong draw on literature and film for ideas. Some steampunks will take a favorite character, such as Boba Fett, Alice, Dorothy, w