mosh pit

mosh +‎ pit.

mosh pit (plural mosh pits)

1. The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
   • 2006, Alan S. Brown, “Virtual OR”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 128, November 2006, page 32:

     If the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and circulating nurse know how to communicate with one another, a lot can get done. If not, the ballet devolves into something more like a mosh pit.

• mosh circle

• photism