v. to create intricate hand motions, improvising involved, while both hands are grabbing glow sticks. This art form is extremely popular at technology college parties where 90% of the people are Asian. Can be done at a rave (see above), or dance, club, party, etc. where techno (maybe trance) is played. Can be done with strings for the twirling effect. The basic configuration consists of a bent over figure-eight, meant to drive people on x out of their f'ing minds. (Also popular at CTY dances. lol...) Highly respected form of urban dance.
"Dude, you should see Devin rave... he owns the dance floor with those sticks."
"Yeah, well, Dave can kick his raving ass with his glow sticks."
"Jeannie owns them both. She's got raving style."
"Do you rave? Can you teach me how to rave?"
"Yeah, well, Dave can kick his raving ass with his glow sticks."
"Jeannie owns them both. She's got raving style."
"Do you rave? Can you teach me how to rave?"
by OfEternity August 25, 2004
by lanypants December 21, 2008
1. A primitive and non-descript word used to connotate the blossoming mass interest in the undeground scene of electronic music, drugs, and parties. The word came to full-flower in the late 1990's, but took a turn for the worst in the early 2000's. By then, a wave of drug overdoses, emergencies, and public fear cast the word into mainstream television use as more and more reporters, entirely disconnected with the culture, beat it to death in the daily news. This ignorance was greatly exemplified by adding a hypen and the word "party" to "rave", which was totally unnecessary, but kept the aging, elderly people who vote good and scared, until they had almost completely eliminated any event that ran over a single day.
2. Directly after the word "rave" was thrown on the trash heap of words that cool people no longer said, it remained unused for a period of several years. A re-surfacing of the word eventually took place, with it now being used as a symbolic word, tinged with sarcasm, to mean, roughly, "beat," or "beaten to death." The new use is characterized by a completely lack of enthusiasm.
2. Directly after the word "rave" was thrown on the trash heap of words that cool people no longer said, it remained unused for a period of several years. A re-surfacing of the word eventually took place, with it now being used as a symbolic word, tinged with sarcasm, to mean, roughly, "beat," or "beaten to death." The new use is characterized by a completely lack of enthusiasm.
1. Tom Brokaw- "Do you know what your child is up to? Many go to all-night rave-parties and take ecxtasy, a drug known to cause brain damage in rats."
2.
Friend #1: What'd you do last night?
Friend #2: My homework.
Friend #1: "Rave."
2.
Friend #1: What'd you do last night?
Friend #2: My homework.
Friend #1: "Rave."
by Mr. ES August 21, 2009
Raves are also known as Radical Audio Video Experiences due to the varied lighting effects as well as projected visualizers that go to the music.
In order to keep the fact that you frequent the rave scene every night you casually refer to them as radical audio visual experiences to coworkers. Their interest piqued they eventually join you and become addicted to E.
by wildcat22 June 21, 2008
The greatest party ever, though comes with consequences, bringing in many substance abuse deaths primarily exdussy and Roofies, but still fun as hell.
John "Dude why do you look so tired"
Fred "I was at a rave last night and some crazy shit happened!
John "You're alive at least"
Fred "I was at a rave last night and some crazy shit happened!
John "You're alive at least"
by SuperDevilHorns February 25, 2012
To put it simply, an easy way to get fucked more in one night than you ever would in you life if you didn't go, and the eaeiest way to get the drug huck ups.
It's much more fun being fucked by 20 wemon when your high than it is be fucked by one girl when your clean!
by Your Leader November 18, 2003
its a party..where its dark in the room and people are all getting high and drunk. while watching people spin glow sticks. its amazing.
by megggan November 20, 2005