songword

English

Etymology

song +‎ word

Noun

songword (plural songwords)

  1. (usually in the plural) Synonym of lyric (“the words of a song or other vocal music”)
    • 2014, Sean Egan, The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered, page 8:
      Jones being a man with an effortless knack for melody and arrangement made him as important, even if his lyrics never matched the best of Strummer's street-poet songwords.
    • 2022, Barbara Williams, In Other Words: Interviews with Australian Poets, page 40:
      Some people have a very impertinent view of the Aboriginal songwords. The greatest impertinence is that they don't bother to read what the Aborigines themselves sing.
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