the act of influencing a crowd to show more attention and excitement towards a lack luster band or song. Arm movements towards the sky, a "c'mon" or eyebrows and head raised are typical ways for a band to improve the fan experience.
The crowd was enjoying the show in their own way until the band needed to pump up the crowd where everybody was asked to raise their arms to please the band's request.
Thankfully, Auberbach decided to pump up the crowd. Then it was a party.
Yeah, I've never seen Thom Yorke try to pump up the crowd before. I really wish he could try to connect wit the crowd more.
Thankfully, Auberbach decided to pump up the crowd. Then it was a party.
Yeah, I've never seen Thom Yorke try to pump up the crowd before. I really wish he could try to connect wit the crowd more.
by spooninspoonout November 11, 2014
New York centric idiom and acronym which stands for the "bridge and tunnel crowd" referencing the new Jersey weekenders who come into manhattan for dinner 🍽️ and a show literally!
B and t crowd is in town! How do I know? Cause the Broadway restaurants are always full of preshow diners then the subways get super crowded between 11pm and midnight!
by 4realazitgits April 17, 2021
A person who gets a crowd psyched up by being the first one to clap or to shout.
Also a person who claps and shouts, at a small concert or show, enough to replace a small cheering crowd.
Also a person who claps and shouts, at a small concert or show, enough to replace a small cheering crowd.
Man, that show tonight had a rough crowd, at least Gary was there to get them to start cheering, he's a one-man crowd!
by DINOLazar August 20, 2010
A term used by pompous out-of-staters who think they are superior to native New Yorkers (namely those from Jersey, the other 4 boroughs and Long Island who travel via bridge or tunnel to get to Manhattan.) Generally used by white-bred, sheltered, self-righteous "yuppies."
Perhaps an antonym would be "Train and Plane people".
Perhaps an antonym would be "Train and Plane people".
Since I moved to NY, I feel inferior and intimidated by native new yorkers, so I refer to them as the, "bridge and tunnel crowd" to make myself feel better.
by justicejoy November 16, 2005
Derived from the New York City locution, "Bridge and Tunnel Crowd" (“B&TC”) is often used in Houston to refer to the mass of typically young people who live in the outskirts and trek into town to enjoy the food and nightlife. They are distinguishable because they usually "enjoy" the same expensive restaurants that have bad food and pretentious nightclubs. In paticular, these restaurants used to be hot-spots for the city dwellers, but were quickly found to be below par. See, e.g. Milagro. Additionally, the B&TC generally flock to the same popular nightclubs representing that they are big-shots, when in fact, they have peon jobs out in the sticks. See, e.g. The Red Door; See also Credit Card Millionaires.
Used in a sentence:
-"I don't know why that place is so crowded; I thought the food sucked."
-"It must be the bridge and tunnel crowd."
-"I don't know why that place is so crowded; I thought the food sucked."
-"It must be the bridge and tunnel crowd."
by bkjones98 July 14, 2005
by TheD8001 April 16, 2005
by Iam not Elmer Fudd December 24, 2019