highlife

noun

1. (uncountable)A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.

   “Anwar took the broom away from the Congolese cleaner – whose name I did not know, whose name no one ever thought to ask – and made her dance with him, to some highlife he had going on the transistor radio he carried everywhere.”

2. (countable)A work or performance in this style.

   “Then he left the stage and listened to us playing highlifes.”

   “Several of the city's most prominent ensembles started to incorporate foreign rock 'n' roll numbers into their existing repertories of ballroom, calypsos, and highlifes.”

name

1. A Life-like cellular automaton with the rule B36/S23.
2. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Highlife.