traumacore noun2 •A genre of Internet art where cutesy, childish visuals or motifs are juxtaposed with the anguish of trauma and abuse, creating a distorted, unsettling, and psychologically heavy atmosphere. •A repressed memory of an event that when triggered becomes the primary reason for feeling traumatized.The traumacore functions, therefore, as an always already excluded, crossed out origin, such as the event of my own birth. — 2003
