adj. 1. Used to describe anything thats cool or liable to hurt you 2. Used to describe a person that is into something more than everyone else, usually in a tough sense 3. Referring to music of the 'hardcore' genre, like AFI or Grade (an offshoot of punk-- more musically inclined, emotional and scarier) Example: 1. Wow, thats hardcore! 2. Mohawk, bondage straps . . . he's hardcore. 3. I saw this new hardcore band and got flattened in the pit.
HARDCORE
Meaning of HARDCORE in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012