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the formal promise that strangers with the same weird hobby will eventually share a room.
means A casual, organized gathering of people—often strangers—who share a common interest, hobby, or goal, arranged to happen at a set time and place.
from A plain mashup of 'meet' and 'up,' the verb phrase 'meet up' (to come together by arrangement) has been knocking around English for a long time, with 'meet' tracing back to Old English 'metan,' to find or encounter. The standalone noun 'meetup' is a much newer creature, popularized in the early 2000s by the website Meetup.com, which turned the phrase into a brand and then into a generic word for the thing itself.
- origin spike
- Founded after 9/11 to rebuild local human connection
- no-show law
- Pizza always outlasts the people who RSVP'd
- icebreaker dread
- Name tags exist because nobody remembers anyone
- niche range
- Groups exist for crows, naps, and grief alike
python meetup groups — weekly programming gatherings in major cities like san francisco, london, berlin with hundreds of attendees