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Intelligent Dance Music

Intelligent Dance music, or IDM for short, was founded by acts from labels such as Warp Records, Rephlex Records and Ninja Tune Records. It is beat heavy, electronic music made to listen to instead of just dance to. It often uses syncopated and heavily processed percussion as the underlying foundation for the songs.

The Synthetic Dream Foundation, Aphex Twin, L.F.O., Boards of Canada and Plaid are some of the best-known IDM acts.
Squarepusher and The Synthetic Dream Foundation make killer Intelligent Dance Music.
by Musical Genius April 26, 2013
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rain dance

A sequence of steps undertaken to achieve a specific outcome without a practical understanding of how the steps bring about that outcome.

Commonly used in computer/technical environments to describe a set of steps that makes "something just work" where the mechanism of that function remains mysterious to the person carrying them out.

Due to the implication of ignorance and the tradition of weather modification rituals among various indigenous peoples, the term is sometimes taken to have racist undertones.
"I figured out yesterday that if I turn on my laptop first, then my monitor, THEN my audio interface, and first log in as a guest before switching to my account, I don't get that nasty crackling in my headphones anymore."

"So you're going to do that whole rain dance every time you start up your computer?"

"Saves me from buying a new one."
by SugarKeys October 29, 2020
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Gipsy Danger

a bad ass mech who kills badass kaijus
Hey ever heard of Gipsy Danger?
by Gipsy Avenger June 7, 2021
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Backwards Lap dance

A seductive dance done mostly by a female in which the dancer rubs her ass provocatively against the back, legs, and ass of the backward's lap dancer's customer, for erotic purposes.
Have you seent my assistant? I need her at the door checking off the guestlist.
Oh yeah, she is behind the DJ booth giving the DJ a backwards lap dance.

What did you just do to me? I just gave you a backwards lap dance. I am your boss. Don't EVER do that again!

Ayyyye Mios Dios, I got pinche wasted last night and gave every bar owner I'm friends with on Twitter a backwards lap dance.
by Pinche Pdiddy Dollarsign March 31, 2011
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Danger Game

Any action that is believed to eventually end with a negative consequence
"That's such a danger game leaving your bong in the middle of the floor man."
by Kyle Montooth March 10, 2007
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The Dance

When you are at work and you have to shit extremely bad, you start doing a little dance to keep it from coming out. This is known as "the dance"
"Dude, I was the only manager at work today so I couldn't go to the bathroom, I was doing the dance!"

"Man, I had to close the shop today because I was doing the dance so hard. Once I got to the bathroom I force-fed that toilet"
by J Rizzy October 6, 2008
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celebration dance

An expression of joy and success after scoring a touchdown in football. Players are becoming more creative in their mini-performances following the TD.
Mike: "The receiver did a great celebration dance in the end-zone after catching the winning pass."

Ann: "I'm sure they caught it on video."
by yes juanito yes October 28, 2014
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