Definitions for flash mob
flash mob

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1. flash mobnoun

   A group of people who converge on a spot with little forewarning, perform some action (usually a protest or a dance), and disperse quickly.

2. Etymology: The term "flash crowd" was coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd, a story about cheap teleportation in the future.

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1. Flash mob

   A flash mob (or flashmob) is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flash mobs may be organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails.The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals. In these cases of a planned purpose for the social activity in question, the term smart mobs is often applied instead. The term "flash rob" or "flash mob robberies", a reference to the way flash mobs assemble, has been used to describe a number of robberies and assaults perpetrated suddenly by groups of teenage youth. Bill Wasik, originator of the first flash mobs, and a number of other commentators have questioned or objected to the usage of "flash mob" to describe criminal acts. Flash mob has also been featured in some Hollywood movie series, such as Step Up.

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1. Flash mob

   A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics, commercial advertisement, publicity stunts that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals. In these cases of a planned purpose for the social activity in question, the term smart mobs is often applied instead.

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flash mob in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flash mob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of flash mob in a Sentence

1. Mark Bederow:

   Commercial burglaries will be subjected to a lax standard of prosecution, which hopefully will not encourage criminals to descend upon Manhattan to engage in the flash mob burglaries that have all but destroyed business in San Francisco.

2. Dean Cain:

   I am one of thousands or maybe hundreds of thousands of people that have been victims, on some level, of an online flash mob.

3. Ralph Zucker:

   If you come here on any given day, you might see a flash mob doing a dance routine, you'll see a ballet class, you'll see people playing a random pick-up game of basketball right in the middle of the atrium.

4. Katerina Manoff:

   We are continuing to run social media and helpful things for our social media like how to act when your house is getting bombed or in case of a chemical attack. We also try to do lighter things. We did a flash mob of people sharing their pets and little videos of support.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flash_Mob
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Mob
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=flash mob