Offshoot
Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.
Wave
Wave noun - A moving ridge on the surface of water.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- An American offshoot was No Wave, which was more focused on an anti-rock approach (not much dissimilar to that of Public Image Ltd., in the sense of wanting to wipe out Rock music and start from scratch), musical extremism, and art dilettantism.
Source: Post-Punk - The rise of New Wave Music and its offshoot sub-genres like New Romanticism.
Source: Music of the 1980s -
Originally this was said to be just because she was The Chick, and "women like lots of clothes." Later she was given a less offensively stereotypical Hand Wave as an offshoot of her fashion-designer background, and she has even designed costumes for other Avengers over the years.
Source: Clothes Make the Legend
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