circle pit en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsɜɹkəl ˌpɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From circle + pit, modelled after mosh pit.
Meanings
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A dance at a concert where participants mosh in a circular path, leaving the centre clear.
Call Me in the Morning also fuses old and new, referencing the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black while swimming in Auto-Tune. The circle pit then swirls anew for Open the Till, which features a yellable chorus and more gnomic Skinnerisms. "You make ends meet," he [Mike Skinner] notes, "then they move the ends."
2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| circle pits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |