alt.


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alt. (also alt-)
combining form denoting a version of something, especially popular music, that is regarded as outside the mainstream of its genre: alt.country.
– origin 1990s: abbrev. of alternative, influenced by the alt. prefix of some Internet newsgroups.
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