freeze dance
n.— «No longer can kids be bored at a party. These days there has to be some sort of allotment for kids, even if it’s hiring a teenager to do freeze dance.» —“Party Gone Bad: Blame the Parents” by Joyce Wadler New York Times Nov. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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