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Rave (party, event, gathering, etc...)To be extravagantly enthusiastic. For all intents and purposes, however, it is a dance. (see Dance. No, really! See Dance) Rave gear  Ravers are the ultimate survivalists when it comes to all-night partying. Equipped with the latest in high-tech dance wear, and carrying backpacks armed with a myriad of party accessories, the raver is prepared for any melee that might result at a techno-dance party. Well-trained, great reflexes, keen instincts, and an inherent sense of vibe, in addition to the peripheral devices keyed to completing the raver’s mission, all contribute to making the raver one of the most formidable weapons on the dancefloor.Where once rave gear was something ravers built themselves with their own two hands, now rave gear can be purchased at Raveworx, your one-stop shop for all your rave survivalist needs.1 Raver 1) A raver is probably someone who participates in the consumption of rave goods and services and henceforth takes on an identity through that consumption. Group identity around rave culture is about consuming the rave commodities: rave tickets, rave clothes, rave drugs, rave music. It is believed that at one time this was not the case, but gradually over the years a transformation took place, both in what the term rave referred to, and in the ideals, goals and paradigms of the ravers themselves. "Rave" is now almost entirely a culture about consumption of rave-marketed goods and not about the underground culture that it perhaps at one point represented. Evidence of this transformation (of both the word and the culture) can be seen in the fact that the word has been deliberately expelled from the vocabulary of those who make up the essence of the scene itself: DJs, musicians, promoters, visual crews, and the underground participants who appreciate them. 2) As a consequence of point 1, real ravers do not like the word "raver" (see Poser). They sometimes prefer the word "groover" or "partykid". But essentially it means the same thing: one who goes to raves. They don’t like the word "rave" either. They usually call them "parties", "events", or sometimes even "gatherings". Raver sludge (ravey gravy) Sweat, water, saliva, condensation, various drugs, cigarette butts and ashes, glitter, chap stick and other make up, bubbles and bubble soap, dirt from shoes and clothes, discarded candy, flyers, vomit, partially used suckers and sucker sticks, beads from broken necklaces, oil from machinery (if the party’s in an industrial warehouse), blood from cuts, scrapes and blisters, and sometimes even urine and semen. Record (rekkid) A musical format that, according to the mainstream, serves no real purpose anymore other than a really great frisbee. Reprazent (represent) 1) To acknowledge the existence and presence of a person, place, thing, culture, scene, popular trend, historical anomaly, place of worship or seat of absolute power. (see Props) 2) Reprazenting usually means showing up not because you want to, but because you have an obligation to.2 Rewind One more time. ROAR A warning, often put on flyers, granting the promoters dictatorial authority, to ensure that the rave goes off as they see fit. (see Agro) Roland A musical instruments manufacturer, blissfully unaware of the incredible impact  it would have on alternative culture when it produced a series of sequencers, synthesizers, and drum machines in the late 70’s and early 80’s.Ironically, neither of these machines nor the sounds they produced would become popular until well after the company discontinued making them. 1 I got paid to say this
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ROLLIN: A term used to express the fact that you are on E.
eg: "Are you rollin tonight?"
Q- An elusive, much sought after drug. Has similar effects to E, K and all other letters.
Roland are the premiere producers of electronic componentry at the moment. Korg produces phat keyboards, but Roland have the shit on sequencers and other tweaky thingys...check out the 303,505 or 808 [also the 202] but please bypass the 307 - it bites hard. Most music [electronica at least] is produced on Roland instrumentation. Plain and simple. Watch out, cause I'm buying a 505 to add to my ninja arsenal.
Raver Puberty: An inevitable and painful phase all ravers go through. Marked by questions of why the scene/vibe/message board isn't as good as it used to be and usually involving radical personal fashion crises.
Raver Slugs - Usually seen dragging their feet early Saturday and Sunday mornings while wandering the streets covered in Sludge. You can always find more Slugs if you follow the trail of slime that is left behind.
RAVER SNOT: When you go and blow your nose when you get up the morning (or afternoon) after a party, the collection of dust/dirt/glitter/stuff that you find in your tissue. :)
RIOT: what partykids would like to do in a lineup if they weren't so above violence. Instead simply stand AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to the person in front of you, pushing into them if you want to make lots of friends. Shouting this repeatedly in lineups can make you feel much better. RHYTHM: 1)the lack of rhythm of others can make people-watching much more entertaining, or dancing next to people much more painful 2)"when you feel you have no rhythm, place your hand upon your heart" PEOPLE-WATCHING: what you do when you've danced too long or done too many drugs
RUFF!!: Means hardcore or tough Rewind --When hearing a song once just is not enough, so you have to hear it again. immediately. usually the MC's call for this, the crowd would most likely appreciate the DJ just getting on with it...
okay.. let me just get this out in the open..if you can't go to a rave sober and enjoy it for what it is... you shouldnt be raving at all.. it is fun to let loose and drop a roll sometimes but just enjoy it for what it is...
ROAR: The acronym stands for either Right Of Admission Refusal or Right Of Admission Reserved, depending on the source. Obviously means that the people throwing the party can decide arbitrarily to not let you in and there's nothing you can do about it.
Another definitive term for that horrible crap on the floor: RAVE FUNK
ROAR: take your drugs before coming into the venue so we can continue to throw our fifty-dollar-ticket-sludgy-sound massives with the city's permission.
Raver - a Raver is someone who not only knows the true definition PLUR, but lives out it's meaning in everyday life. A Raver does not have to wear kandy-kid-klothes, a Raver does NOT have to consume drugs, a Raver does not have to be over-enthusiastic. I am a late raver, I don't know a lot about the past of raves and all the categories and subcategories of all the different styles of electronic music, but I love the feeling it gives me, I love learning, I love the atmosphere, and I love the true people - who do not listen to one specific genre of music, who do not discude someone who does. These, I consider, characteristics of a Raver. Though I occasionally wear GAP or maybe even TARGET, it is not the brandnames but the mindset. The Raver, I believe, is in closest relation to the Hippie.
Raver, Groover, PartyKid, AdDboys, AdDgirls, whatever you call us...We do have something in common with our past histories of years 0-1900 just like every other "average" person. The only differences is the greatest gifts we were born with. Tribal nessecity, longing for large families, able to trust your family/friend/comrade who ends up being someone from out of state. We are old, lost souls of the past generations who lived once before or twice before this age. We now found one another in a grand common ground of this slowly decaying planet. We now, party...
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