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rave
noun- a party; a bottle party; a party open to the public, often announced and sited clandestinely, featuring drugs, music and sensory overload UK
Variant of “rave up”. First used of wild parties in the late 1950s, then by MOD(s) in the 60s; revived in the 80s for parties on such a scale that both UK culture and law were significantly changed. - — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 8, Spring 1992
- For those of you out there who are over 25, a rave is an illegal party generated by word of mouth. — Empire Records, 1995
- Raves have challenged the order of society–enough for them to have been made illegal anyway. — Sarah Champion, Disco Biscuits, p. xv, 1997
- She sold rave music and incense and oils and people would come and hang out and talk about raves and DJs[.] — Michelle Tea, Valencia, p. 36, 2000
- This is the birth of Rave culture, of the beatification of the beat, welcome to the Dance Age. — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 212, 2002
- an enthusiastic review US, 1926
- Alexis Smith scored a triumph in her first Broadway musical outing, Follies, winning raves even from the critics who disliked the show. — Ken Mandelbaum, Not Since Carrie, p. 93, 1991
- the object of a passionate liking or craze UK
- [T]he newest of teenage raves, with beside him his brother[.] — Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, 1959
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