Definition of flash mob
flash mob
noun
- a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet.
To resolve Google's penalty against this site, the following citation has been removed: "Ideas & Trends: Flash Mobs; Guess Some People Don't Have Anything Better to Do", The New York Times, Amy Harmon, August 17 2003
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 16 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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- The term "flash crowd" was introduced by author Larry Niven in his novella Flash Crowd.
Originally submitted by WalterGR from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 17 2010. (Edit this definition.)
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- flash in the pan - something extremely popular but for a short time.
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- mob - a group of people who aren't unruly.
- mob out - to go.
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