ParaPara 

ParaPara is a style of dance that originated in Japan. It is speculated that it started in the 1970's, but the birth of what we call ParaPara today was really in the 1990's.

ParaPara is usually danced to a genre of music called Eurobeat, which is manufactured in Italy, and sold in Japan.

Specific songs have their own specific routines. There can be one or more routine for a song, depending on how many clubs have put out a new choreography. ParaPara dancers, or Paralists, can make up their own choreography to songs as well.

ParaPara is usually danced with the arms, and the feet movements are usually simple side steps, however, there are complicated foot routines for some songs.

ParaPara comes in "booms". It gets really popular for a while, but then dies down for a little while, then comes back popular again.

I just learned a new ParaPara routine from Velfarre: Pride by Dave!

Oh man, the US is having a HUGE ParaPara boom!

ParaPara by Vampeh Pew February 1, 2006

parapara paradise 

1) The hit series of parapara VHS, DVDs, and VCDs, by Avex Trax Records. The main stars of the ParaPara Paradise series are Richiyo, Satoko, Miho, Ryoko, and Maki. Features hit Eurobeat songs and said women performing the parapara routines to them.

2) The DDR-style video game that came out recently, modeled after the hit Avex Trax series.

3) The superior state of hyper reached by practicing your parapara skills and listening to Eurobeat for hours on end.

All of these are most commonly abbreviated as PPP.

1) Dude, I finally found ParaPara Paradise 1! That means that the collection, 1-7, is COMPLETE!

2) Much to my disappointment, the hand sensors on the ParaPara Paradise game weren't working very well. I got a low score, even though I've been doing this for years.

3) Girl 1: "OMGOMGOMG SQUEE!"
Girl 2: "What's up with you?"
Girl 1: "I JUST GOT DONE PRACTICING THE ROUTINE FOR "DYNAMITE"! I THINK I'VE GOT IT DOWN!!!!"
Girl 2: "Oh, well that explains it..."

parapara paradise by Tsuki Reiko March 7, 2007

Para Para 

1. (noun/verb) A Japanese style of dance that follows set choreography and is mainly done with the hands and arms.
(Also, the Japanese onomatopoeia for "dance".)

"Whoa. Rasha has some mad Para Para skills."

Para Para by Seishi March 2, 2003

bellissimo parapapapow 

talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.
(chef's kiss"

*Melodrama album exists*
The gays: bellissimo parapapapow

bellissimo parapapapow by Languagenerd October 13, 2020

Para Para 

A style of dance popular in Japan, using mostly arm movements, done to mostly Eurobeat music. Also spawned a PS2 game called Para Para Paradise.

I spent the whole day doing para para with my friends.

Para Para by Bakagami October 4, 2003

para para paradise 

At first glance, PPP is indeed "DDR with hands," until you find out exactly what you are supposed to do in the game.

In Parapara Mode, you are to copy exactly what the person on the screen does. It is exactly the same every time, and has several repeated things to do for each individual song, making it a sort of standard dance routine. This is much easier to memorize, since it's not like you have to remember every single arrow; just the dance itself. Once you memorize the song, which is entirely possible, you can set the arrows and on-screen dancer to invisible, and look completely cool doing the routine, AND getting all the arrows correct in the process.

In freestyle mode, the on-screen dancer is still doing the parapara routine, but is not mirrored to you (the camera spins and goes around her constantly). Instead, you are given completely unrelated arrows, so that you are supposed to make up your own routine. Mostly though, people just set it on hard difficulty, and go into what we like to call "Crazy arm-waving mode." This gives PPP a bad name, and is NOT what the game is about.

Para Para Paradise is a test of personal nimbleness and memory, while showing off the same to onlookers.

para para paradise by Kenthar March 11, 2004

paraphrasation 

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My Paraphrasation of the authors quote is "..."

paraphrasation by Corona503 May 20, 2016