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the Waltz - noun
to Waltz - verb

1. A dance.

A type of ballroom dance, performed in closed position.
Is usually a slow dance, though some types can be performed to faster paced music.
Characterized by gliding movements.
This dance is very old and pre-dates the 1600's

If you perform the Waltz with your partner (or friend) then one of the following is likely to be the case:
- You are of high class
- You are extremely rich
- You and your partner are very much in love
- You and your friend are making other people jealous
- If you are a woman; You are dancing with a gentleman
- If you are a man; You are dancing with a lady

2. A form of music

3. In alternate verb form, to walk around the place as if you own it (bonus points if you do actually own it).
People will think you are a prick if you do this, which is all the more reason to do it.
1. It's a dance. No examples here....

2. The following songs are 20th Century Waltzes:
- Friends and Lovers (Both to Each Other)
- At This Moment
- Three Times a Lady

- Take It to the Limit
- Time in a Bottle
Look em up

3.
A: Look at that fucking cunt Waltzing around like he owns the place!
B: What a twat, sucks even more how he does actually own this place!

A&B continue to be pissed off for hours on end.
Waltz by rzhhhh August 25, 2009
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Toxic Waltz 

1. A metal pride song by the thrash metal band Exodus. Basically Exodus' way of telling everyone in the audience to mosh it up or go home.

2. A term used to describe the act of moshing.
"Here's a new dance craze that's sweepin' the nation! It's called the Toxic Waltz and it's causing devasatation!"

"Kick your friend in the head and have a ball, good friendly violent fun in store for all!"

Ben: Dude, you should have been at the movie theatre last night!
Tom: Why? What happened?
Ben: They wouldn't sell us snacks for less than 5 bucks so we started the Toxic Waltz at the gate!
Toxic Waltz by J. Arnier May 19, 2007
To walk and/or act in an openly casual and self-confident (or self-IMPORTANT!) manner, causing irritation and/or resentment in others from your pert attitude; especially when:

(A) your arrival was unannounced/unexpected, and so those present were not prepared to conveniently receive or assist you, or

(B) you lack or did not bestir yourself to obtain the usually-expected experience, paperwork, preparations, credential-references, etc. for your requests to be reasonably fulfilled. or

(C) you have behaved/performed poorly in the past regarding matters similar to what you presently have in mind, and so your would-be providers are none too confident or eager to fulfill your requests.
Bank loan officer (crossly), "You know, you've got SOME NERVE waltzing in here asking for a loan --- three years ago we loaned you a million dollars to look for oil, and you didn't find a drop!"
Oil prospector (casually): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (raising his eyebrows in annoyance): "And then two years ago we loaned you three million dollars to drill for oil, and you came up with nuthin' but dry holes that time, too!"
Oil prospector (shrugging): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (giving a snort under his breath and beginning to twitch angrily): "And then last year we loaned you TEN million dollars to do more prospecting, and you STILL couldn't find any oil!"
Oil prospector (still as sunny and flippant as ever): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (finally blowing his stack): "Why do you keep saying 'it could have been worse'?! We've lost nearly FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS through you!"
Oil prospector (smugly): "Could have been my money."
Waltz by QuacksO October 2, 2011

floorless waltz 

This is the term they use in prison when someone gets hanged.

There were many hangings in Berlin, in which the victims would twitch and jump at the end of a rope...hence, doing the "Spandau Ballet." Also, there were frequent suicides of Nazis being held for trial at the Spandau prison. A hanged person tends to jerk around and "dance" if the death is caused by strangulation (and not a snap) they say. As the years went by it progressed to floorless dance or waltz or the air rumba.
"They found Rosco in his room doing the floorless waltz, the air rumba or some call it the floorless dance."
floorless waltz by lovestosmile January 30, 2010

Carpet Waltzing 

One who paces back and forth.
Someone Pacing the floor.
My Husband was up all night last night, carpet waltzing.

Toxic Waltz 

A good friendly violent fun involving the blood, sweat and tears of sweaty thrashers in the pit.
Jim: Hey you wanna toxic waltz
Tom: What the fu*k is that
Jim: A good friendly violent fun in pi
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