by Mescalino February 21, 2021

Carl: "I think I'm gonna go pick up that hooker over there"
Jim: "Nah, think that's a dude. Look at the Hanoi Handbags slipping out!"
Jim: "Nah, think that's a dude. Look at the Hanoi Handbags slipping out!"
by Ninaleven July 14, 2023

by Hassan Lee June 7, 2016

by Jennifer-Ann January 5, 2009

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 20, 2019

Guy 1: Hey man, you got any cacti on you? I left mine at home?
Guy 2: Yeah sure, I always got a handbag cactus with me. Careful with the thorns though. *unzips handbag*
Guy 1: Thanks man!
Guy 2: Yeah sure, I always got a handbag cactus with me. Careful with the thorns though. *unzips handbag*
Guy 1: Thanks man!
by Slim_smiple May 17, 2025

Commonly found in the middle east, this is an act where one man inserts his hand up another man's rectum and picks out the corn in his poop. Designed for pleasure that leads to softer bowel movements.
Dude I just visited Turkey and this guy tried to get me drunk and give me a Turkish Handbag after we had corn for dinner.
by Hugh G Bahls September 5, 2025
