folknik

[ fohk-nik ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a devotee or performer of folk music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of folknik¹

1965–70, Americanism; folk ( music ) + -nik

Example Sentences

No one was attacked as personally or virulently as Bob Dylan in the wake of what critic Nat Hentoff called “the newest commercial boom, ‘folk-rock’ … an outgrowth, in large part, of Dylan’s recent decision—decried as a ‘sellout’ by folknik purists—to perform with a rock ’n’ roll combo.”

From Slate

As for the folk boom of the 1960s, Lomax said, “New York had gone to sleep around the Peter Seeger banjo picking folknik image, and I was shocked to find that the kids here thought that folk music pretty much began and ended in Washington Square.”

From New York Times

In addition to his pair of books, he has made 33 recordings in a raspy but affecting folknik voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like many another contemporary folknik, Paxton writes his own songs rather than searching Appalachia for old, impoverished ones.

From Time Magazine Archive