A type of electronic dance music and a subgenre of house music characterized by upbeat tempo (120 – 130 BPM), singable lyrics, and a simple 4/4 time signature that was popular during the late 80s and early 90s, especially in gay dance clubs.
Frequently performed by female vocalists (Whitney Houston, Amber, Kristine W, Deborah Cox) and punctuated with dramatic "break downs" or "dropouts" (where the music builds to a frenetic high, drops off to virtual silence, only to build again), handbag house is also known as "happy house," or "diva house," (and, more derisively, as "plastic disco"). Declined in popularity as harder, less melodic music (aka "tweaker music") became de rigueur.
Name pokes fun at deliriously happy dancers waving their handbags—imaginary or not—in the air. Alternatively, it may refer to a group of club-goers dancing around their handbags thrown on the floor.
Frequently performed by female vocalists (Whitney Houston, Amber, Kristine W, Deborah Cox) and punctuated with dramatic "break downs" or "dropouts" (where the music builds to a frenetic high, drops off to virtual silence, only to build again), handbag house is also known as "happy house," or "diva house," (and, more derisively, as "plastic disco"). Declined in popularity as harder, less melodic music (aka "tweaker music") became de rigueur.
Name pokes fun at deliriously happy dancers waving their handbags—imaginary or not—in the air. Alternatively, it may refer to a group of club-goers dancing around their handbags thrown on the floor.
That last set was some of the best handbag house I've heard in eons. I’m dizzy from spinning around out there, waving my hands in the air. Grrrrl, I gotta go hydrate!
by MusclyGeek May 21, 2019
by England Phi Beta Gamma March 01, 2014
A 6-pack or cask of cheap wine in a carry bag. Commonly seen carried between the Bellambi CBD and the Marina.
by Pan D August 07, 2024
by Sniffer the dog April 07, 2017
Regirock, a legendary pokemon from the Hoenn Region, is essentially assigned with massive eyelashes, human hands with long fingernails, and a designer handbag.
by THE ORIGINAL ME May 11, 2024
When someone doesn't know the saying is "hell in a handbasket" and they keep saying that you are wrong.
Supposedly it is a saying in the mid-west states.
Supposedly it is a saying in the mid-west states.
by tboycgirl August 25, 2020
the act or act of slapping a womens' face with your penis until it bruises, then taking her to wellington nz buying her a handbag with a hole in it and her giving you a blowy whilst performing the same act
hey gerrard i just wellington handbagged your mum and sister
so thats why you were away for 12 days
yep
so thats why you were away for 12 days
yep
by tomcollins10166 November 20, 2010