mosh pit. slam dancing

[Ed Keer]

I wouldn't think NY was the home of the mosh pit. DC
was more the beginning of the hardcore scene where I
suppose moshing started. Though LA is a possibility.
FWIW 'slam-dancing' went by several different names in
Philly back in 83-84: skanking, thrashing, moshing,
and the variant stage-diving.

Ed

--- Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
> At 6:54 AM -0500 2/16/03, Barnhart wrote:
> >
> >
> >The Barnhart Dictionary Companion (Vol. 8.3,
> c.1993) shows _moshing_
> >(1987) and suggests that the origin may be in
> _mosh_ (OED, a variant of
> >mush, meaning to pulverize; 1848).
>
> So it's not "Muddled Out, Starboard Home"?


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