A collective term for a large number of
people, bigger than the regular crew or posse.
Majority of
people, tends to refer to the working class.
Often used by organisers (particularly revolutionaries) as the term for the large numbers of people who
will be joining the cause (they just might not know it yet).
Often heard chanting "This is what democracy looks like..."
Organiser 1: Lets go stop this GE in our food.
Organiser 2: I'll go get the massif
A short time later - 10,000
people (the massif)
march down Aucklands
Queen St to show their dissent at GE. (cue: Govt ignore massif)