passion pit

noun

Older Slang.

1. a drive-in movie theater.

Word History and Origins

Origin of passion pit¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; so called from its use by adolescents as a place for unobserved sexual intimacy

Example Sentences

Chvrches' debut single, The Mother We Share, was written and recorded in 48 hours, using the only three synths they owned - but it became a word of mouth hit, earning them airplay on BBC Radio 1 and support slots with Passion Pit and Depeche Mode.

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Judges describe their music as "bursting with hope and joyous abandon", inspired by the likes of MGMT, Passion Pit and Bleachers.

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Other acts on the bill for the one-day fest, set to take place May 18 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl, include Phoenix, Death Cab for Cutie, the War on Drugs, Miike Snow, Passion Pit and Alvvays.

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At least half of the composers interviewed also are, or once were, performing musicians — Vincent is in darkDARK, Dancy used to be in Modern Time Machines, Lachi continues to release dance music tracks, and Hultquist was in the indie pop band Passion Pit.

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Hulu Though each of The Dropout’s big plot points is based in reality, because the show weaves them all together into a singular narrative, it can read as the continued mythologization of Holmes — here set to a soundtrack of early-aughts hits like Passion Pit’s “Sleepyhead” and Feist’s “1234.”

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