English
flash mob
Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future.
The story
Perhaps from flash crowd, a term coined by Larry Niven in Flash Crowd (1973), a story about cheap teleportation in the future.
Today it means
noun A group of people who rapidly assemble, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act, and then quickly disperse.
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Etymograph / flash mob