crooked beat

Noun, sense 1. The offbeat rhythm characteristic to ska and rocksteady.

Noun, sense 2. "March/dance to a crooked beat", to be an individualist, or identify with an underground subculture like punk rock.

Sense 1: "You can only skank to a crooked beat. Put on the Slackers, bro!"

Sense 2: "Those kids march to a crooked beat. Fucking weirdos."

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