Side effects of moshing may include, but are not limited to: light-headedness, bruises, bloody noses, broken noses, loss of balance, and in extreme cases unconsciousness.
Also, everyone who is in your way will be out of your way, unless you're doing it wrong.
Also, everyone who is in your way will be out of your way, unless you're doing it wrong.
by Jowithoutan E May 04, 2009
A hectic, sometimes very violent, form of dancing usually done at concerts for punk, hardcore, metal or hard rock bands. Usually takes place at the front area of the floor, near the stage, in a crowd of people. When one moshes, a gap in the crowd emerges and somebody runs into the middle wildly flailing or swinging their arms and legs. In some cases people take turns moshing; one person enters the open area and moshes, then goes back to the edge, then another enters and moshes before leaving and making way for another person. However it is more common for many moshers to enter the space at the same time, creating a makeshift pit in the crowd filled with punching, kicking, and swinging of the limbs. Thus this crowd of moshers is called a mosh pit. Mosh pits can vary in size.
NOTE: Mosh pits can be extremely dangrous; countless cases of injuries have occurred in mosh pits. It is very common to be strongly punched or struck in the face when in a mosh pit. When a pit forms near an unwilling concertgoer, they and all others around the edge hold out their elbows and arms in defensive stances in order to create a buffer zone for the pit. And lastly, mosh pits can sometimes form unexpectedly, almost anywhere in a crowd. So fellow concertgoers should constantly take caution to look for them if they don't want to be caught in the middle of the mosh pit.
SEE ALSO: Circle Pit, Wall of Death
NOTE: Mosh pits can be extremely dangrous; countless cases of injuries have occurred in mosh pits. It is very common to be strongly punched or struck in the face when in a mosh pit. When a pit forms near an unwilling concertgoer, they and all others around the edge hold out their elbows and arms in defensive stances in order to create a buffer zone for the pit. And lastly, mosh pits can sometimes form unexpectedly, almost anywhere in a crowd. So fellow concertgoers should constantly take caution to look for them if they don't want to be caught in the middle of the mosh pit.
SEE ALSO: Circle Pit, Wall of Death
John: I was at the Bring Me The Horizon concert last night and sooooo many people were moshing! Eventually the lead singer called out to see a mosh pit and a huge one began to form right in the middle of the crowd.
Eric: Dude, that's insane. Did you get hit?
John: Yeah, at one point I got caught in the middle for a second and somebody punched me right in the face. The concert was still awesome though.
Eric: Dude, that's insane. Did you get hit?
John: Yeah, at one point I got caught in the middle for a second and somebody punched me right in the face. The concert was still awesome though.
by Exidor77 March 14, 2011
There are many definitions for moshing on the urban dictionary, mostly involving metal heads. Nobody bothered with the punk side of moshing. Moshing at a punk show isn't beating people up, it's dancing out your anger, usually in a more violent form of skanking. It can involve things like spinning, jumping, and piggy back rides, usually in a circle pit. When you fall down in a mosh pit at a punk show, people help you up instead of trampling you. Tere is usually an unspoken code of conduct that everyone follows, except that one asshole that everyone hates. Moshing is really fun and stress relieving, and you sleep like a baby afterwards. You get bruises a lot of the time
I went to see the vandals last night and I moshed so had I slept for 18 hours. Moshing is so much fun!
by Malicious Mischief June 16, 2013
by flint August 16, 2003
Potentially dangerous activity performed at concerts by fans of extreme punk bands or bands which play forms of pseudo-metal. A form of dancing characterised by varying degrees of violence towards fellow dancers. In other words, the dance of angry morons. Contrary to popular belief, TRUE metalheads don't mosh, they headbang and behave like relatively much more civilised humans. This is because TRUE metal bands {e.g. Olympos Mons, Doro, Black Majesty, Terasbetoni, Kaledon, Rhapsody Of Fire, Edenbridge} play ELEGANT music that can express every known human emotion, not just bleeding boring old anger, anger, more anger and yet MORE anger. Rant over.
'Great! There's some decent metal on at the Underworld tonight, none of those moshing arseholes around'.
by Lodestone September 14, 2009
Asher: Hey man can I borrow some money to go to BlueBell bar tonight?
Sam: Erm, I can do. You aren't moshing me are you?
Sam: Erm, I can do. You aren't moshing me are you?
by NFFC July 19, 2013
A bunch or people that push each other on the ground and or extreme pushing. Usually done by people that are two fat to dance, and don't want to put that kind of effort into anything. Usually have hair down to their shoulders parted right down the middle For head banging.
Dancer: So dude what do you listen to?
Mosher: Uhh Lamb Of Gob new JFAC stuff like that with no breakdowns.
Dancer: Oh really and you like moshing I'm guessing?
Mosher: Ya because dancing is gay and I like to fuck people up and punch people in the face when I mosh! That's why I go to shows duhh.
Dancer: It must be hard to mosh it takes a lot of practice huh?
Mosher: No I can only workout to long without eating something.
Dancer: Well you're gay learn to dance you fat fuck!
Mosher: I'm gonna kill you for that!
Dancer you'll have to catch me first.
Mosher: Uhh Lamb Of Gob new JFAC stuff like that with no breakdowns.
Dancer: Oh really and you like moshing I'm guessing?
Mosher: Ya because dancing is gay and I like to fuck people up and punch people in the face when I mosh! That's why I go to shows duhh.
Dancer: It must be hard to mosh it takes a lot of practice huh?
Mosher: No I can only workout to long without eating something.
Dancer: Well you're gay learn to dance you fat fuck!
Mosher: I'm gonna kill you for that!
Dancer you'll have to catch me first.
by Winds Of Fucking Plague March 28, 2008