Phrase of the Day: Floor Violence
floor violence, flawr vahy-uh-luhns, noun:
1. to tear up the dancefloor in a vicious and ruthless way.
2. to dance like there’s no tomorrow, leaving the circle in speechless awe.
“that day at the Electric Ballroom went down in history, Rob and his mates were responsible for some serious floor violence that was talked about for years.”
– Anon., There was a time…, 2008-08-18
“If you couldn’t bring the floor violence and show up the dancefloor dons, it was going to be hard to get noticed.”
– Robert D, When I was a Dancefloor Wannabe, 1995-10-22
c1987, from Old London from Latin flor violat-, flor viol- “outshine, bring the ruckess”.
