Definition of flash mob
flash mob 
noun
- a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet.
Citation from "Ideas & Trends: Flash Mobs; Guess Some People Don't Have Anything Better to Do", The New York Times, Amy Harmon, August 17 2003 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: a group.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jun 17 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 16 2010.
origin
- The term "flash crowd" was introduced by author Larry Niven in his novella Flash Crowd.
Last edited on Jun 17 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 17 2010.
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Other terms relating to 'a group': | |
| Definitions include: a social group. | |
| Definitions include: a clique of people. | |
| Definitions include: to drive around in a vehicle for fun; "joy ride". | |
| Definitions include: a group of people. | |
Other terms relating to 'computer slang': | |
| Definitions include: software that does bad things. | |
| Definitions include: "computer". | |
| Definitions include: on the web, for many sites to link to a particular website using a particular phrase, such that the particular website is the first result when searching for the phrase. | |
| Definitions include: to be so intoxicated from illegal stimulants that one loses complete control over one's body. | |
| Definitions include: "later". | |
| Definitions include: person who engages in computer security breaching through use of widely available prepackaged exploiting utilities, for recreational purposes and without significant low-level knowledge of computer security. | |
| Definitions include: "ok, thanks." | |
| Definitions include: to vomit | |
| Definitions include: under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid"). | |
| Definitions include: The term comes from communications and telecommunication. | |
| Definitions include: the amount by which a numerical amount is fudged (adjusted). | |
| Definitions include: a Twitter user. | |
| Definitions include: one unit of approval of something posted to the web. | |
| Definitions include: to happen automatically, in a way that appears almost magical. | |
| Definitions include: To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. | |
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Other terms relating to 'flash': | |
| Definitions include: meaning fancy, stunning or anything that looks extraordinarily good. | |
| Definitions include: to intentionally show off an item. | |
| Definitions include: a person who exposes their genitals to unsuspecting strangers in public. | |
| Definitions include: something extremely popular but for a short time. | |
| Definitions include: Voicing an opinion, over reacting, acting like a fool, laying a line on some chick or dude, boastful drunk. | |
| Definitions include: a girl that flashes her breasts 2. a girl who is loose or acts like she is all that. | |
Other terms relating to 'mob': | |
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| Definitions include: to drive around in a vehicle for fun; "joy ride". | |
| Definitions include: to go. | |
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