HANDSTYLE 

A personal graff tagging style, not like any others.

my handstyle is better than yours.

HANDSTYLE by DigDug March 8, 2004

hardstyle

Hardstyle is a genre of EDM characterized by heavy bass and high BPM counts, typically in the range of 150. It lacks the fluidity of trance, which is the main characteristic that distinguishes it from hard trance. It sounds much like hardcore albeit at (relatively speaking) slower BPM counts.

Hardstyle is currently the music of choice in many European countries, especially Holland. Parties/raves that play hardstyle music include Qlimax, Q-Base (Q-Dance), and Sensation Black (ID&T).

Hardstyle DJs include Luna, Dana, Issac, Walt, Zany, Pavo, etc.
Example: Southstylers - E-Town

A: What's the name of the "I'll be your bitch" track that I just heard?
B: It's DJ Isaac - Backstage. Absolutely rockin hardstyle tune.

hardstyle by null October 23, 2004

Hardstyle

Hardstyle, an EDM genre, was created as an alternative to hard house, hardcore, and gabber which were seen to be becoming too hard, fast, repetitive and invasive by the crowds.

Hardstyle is characterized by the heavy kickbass with subbass frequencies at about 130-150 bpm, accompanied by a high tempo melody, which creates an "adrenaline rushing and/or euphoric" feeling among fans at a live event.

Originating from the Netherlands around 1999-2000 and was an immediate success at raves, clubs and festivals.
The creation of Hardstyle is credited to Dov Ekrebas aka. The Prophet, however this is disputed.

Often confused with hard house, hard trance, psy trance or hardcore, its creation was intended to be a refined combination of the other harder styles, and to create a more crowd friendly hard dance scene.

The most influential artists of Hardstyle include : The Prophet, Zany, Technoboy, Headhunterz, Pavo, Dana, Luna, Noisecontrollers, Isaac, D-Block and S-Te-Fan, Tatanka and Blutonium boy

The Biggest Hardstyle raves and festivals are mainly held in the Netherlands.

Dutch entertainment enterprise Q-Dance presents the main events such as Defqon 1, Qlimax, Q-Base, In Qontrol, Qountdown, X-Qlusive and Qlubtempo.
Other notable events are Mysteryland, Decibel, Hardbass and Sensation Black.

Trance fan: ARGHH turn that hardcore shit off!!
Hardstyler: GTFO man this is Hardstyle!!

Hardstyle by Wizzbang February 7, 2010

hardstyle

Hardstyle is the only style

Fuck you that hardstyle track is fucking great

hardstyle by Anonymous April 21, 2003

handstinence 

the act of waiting until marriage to h*ld h*nds with your partner.

friend: dude did you smash?
you: yeah
friend: did you h*ld h*nds?
you: no bro i practice handstinence

handstinence by girlwtpho August 27, 2019

Hardstyle

A genre of hard dance music. First created in the late 90s-early 00s when DJs such as The Prophet and Lady Dana started experimenting with their Nu Style Gabber records, slowing them down by 20-30 BPM to make them more danceable.

Hardstyle tracks can be separated into two categories:

Old School Hardstyle: Commonly known as Early Hardstyle. Usually 140 BPM, characterized by a compressed kick drum sound and a reversed bassline, which can be heard in the offbeat after each kick.

Nu Hardstyle: Also known as Nu Style. Usually 150-160 BPM, with distortion on the kick drum sound, which is often pitch shifted to create a bassline for the melodic part. Nu Style melodies are often written in tuplet, and entire tracks often have “swing” added to them.

DJs and DJ Teams who produce Hardstyle and play it live include Technoboy, DJ Zany, Blutonium Boy, The Prophet (Later work), Showtek, Headhunterz, D-Block & S-te-Fan and Noisecontrollers.

Rave events at which Hardstyle is played include Qlimax, Defqon 1 and Sensation Black.

Hardstyle by AnonymusWantsPie September 9, 2011

I.G.U. Hairstyle 

A short, mannish hairstyle typically worn by middle-aged women. By adopting this hairstyle, a woman sends the clear message that "I Give Up" on trying to look either stylish or attractive.

I guess Bob's wife Carol just doesn't care anymore. First she put on an extra 30 pounds, and now she is sporting an I.G.U. hairstyle.

I.G.U. Hairstyle by LittleMich68 September 15, 2009