By Suffix/Family

By Suffix

Suffix	Explanation
Academia	Academia is a term referring to a group of aesthetics that involve learning, particularly through study, research, and reading.
Core Suffix	The word "core" comes from the French word "coeur", meaning heart. However, the use of core as a suffix comes from the phrase "hardcore," a word from the 1930s meaning "an irreducible nucleus or residuum; also a stubborn or unyielding minority." In those aesthetics that end in -core, the suffix enlightens a defining feature.
Goth Suffix	The goth suffix comes from the homonymous subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s: the name itself was derived directly from the musical genre of Gothic rock, whose fans made up the subculture. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from 19th-century literature of the same name and horror films. It has continued to diversify and spread throughout the world during the past decades bringing the aesthetics with Goth as a suffix to life.
Punk Suffix	Even though the word punk means 'related to punk music', the punk suffix is also used in dystopian and alternate reality aesthetics such as Cyberpunk and Steampunk. The punk suffix can be used in activist aesthetics such as Forestpunk, which is revolved around fighting for the preservation of nature and the environment.
Wave Suffix	The wave suffix represents surreal imagery and imagination for aesthetics. These aesthetics usually have bright neon colors and/or show fantastical images. (e.g. Vaporwave and Synthwave) You can check out the Suffix Meaning page for exceptions in the wave suffix.
Kei	Kei (系) is a suffix from Japan that means "type" and is used for the purpose of categorization by style or genre. In the context of this Wiki, it usually refers to a "type" of Japanese fashion. These fashion types tend to be alternative, with people in these fashions socializing with each other and creating a very specific aesthetic that deviates from the mainstream, most often with specific brands catering to (and often being the creators of) the certain look.

By Family

Family	Explanation
Coquette	Coquette is a broad tag/search term that includes hyper-feminine aesthetics enjoyed by teenaged girls deviating from the mainstream. The aesthetic evolved since the mid-2010s on tumblr, where the term originated from a community based on pursuing the persona of the coquette/nymphet- a sexually precocious minor. But because of mass-tagging and the ubiquity of the nymphet community on that site, many photos unrelated to the novel and film were tagged under coquette. It is a mostly tumblr phenomenon.
Regional Gothic	Regional Gothic is a Tumblr trend in the mid-2010s wherein users would write bullet-pointed lists of eerie moments related to the region in which they grew up in or other seemingly benign moments in life, such as college.