Rave
A rave (or rave party) is the term in use since the 1980s for dance parties (often all-night events) where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music, which may also be referred to as "rave music", with the accompaniment of laser light shows, projected images, and artificial fog. Popular rave dance styles include breakdancing, popping and locking, shuffling, glowsticking, liquid dancing, and poi. Rave parties are often associated with the use of "club drugs" such as ecstasy, LSD and more recently, ketamine.
The word rave (and various derivatives) as a descriptive for a party first came into popular vogue in the UK in the 1960s. It was a usage that originated with people of Caribbean descent living in London in the late 1950s as a word to describe a bohemian party. The word was co-opted by the burgeoning mod youth culture of the early 1960s as the way to describe a wild party. A variation of the term was "rave-up" - a term popularized by the band "The Yardbirds". People who were gregarious party animals were described as "ravers". Pop musicians such as Keith Moon of The Who and Steve Marriott of The Small Faces were self-described "ravers". The word also came into usage by young people as a verb. "To rave" about someone or something was to be extremely enthusiastic. (This usage differed from an earlier meaning of the word that meant to rant.)
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