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flash mob

noun

Etymology

Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future.

Definitions

  1. A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act,…

    A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.

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