From The Mind of Cory Doctorow

Yesterday, Cory Doctorow talked about Atompunk, which is apparently like Steampunk except rampantly nostalgic for the 1950s instead of the 1850s.

It strikes me that the -punk suffix has only really held any meaning when attached to the word ‘cyberpunk’ and even then, only tangentially.  I’ll grandfather in ’steampunk’ too just because it’s used so often, but everything else?  Come on.

- Biblepunk: the blatant fetishization of pre-christian architecture, most notably including clay masonry and Solomonic gates.

- Merpunk: the blatant fetishization of living underwater, most notably by organizing large groups of people to sing “Part of Your World” from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

- Beardpunk: the blatant fetishization of facial hair, most often perpetrated by hipster d-bags and stoners who partake in asocial rituals like “No Shave November.”

-Presentpunk: the blatant fetishization of current popular culture, most notably by watching The Soup, Best Week Ever, and listening to Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” for hours a day.

-Muppetpunk: Like steampunk, except with Muppets instead of gears.  “Hey, check out the cool Muppetpunk watch I found at the Disney store!”

- Punkpunk: A bit of a fakeout, punkpunk is the blatant fetishization of blatant fetishization, not of the actual punk culture.