Raise the roof

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  1. (n.) A dance; "Everyone at the IB started raising the roof when N’Sync’s ‘Bring in da Noise’ came on" (vp.) to make a party extremely wild. Source: Dictionary of Geneseo English 2006. A similar entry appears at http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=raise+the+roof ; the entry is probably not specific to Geneseo. Dinki. Obsolete as of Fall 2010.

  2. (vb.) To make a party extremely wild.  Usage is not specific to Geneseo.  "Make sure you raise the roof for Julie’s 21st birthday party!"  Martinelli, N-R, 2010.

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This term received a 3 on a frequency scale from 1 to 3. (1 being unfamiliar, 3 being very familiar) (Lieberman, N-R, 2020) 

Posted by njl8 at Dec 14, 2020 16:32

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77% of participants who took the survey were familiar with this word, and can define its definition. (Walker, N-R, 2025)