para para

English

Alternative forms

• para-para, parapara

Etymology

From Japanese パラパラ (parapara).

Noun

para para (uncountable)

1. A Japanese type of dance from the 1980s.
   • 1998, “D.I.S.C.O.”, performed by Go Go Girls:

     dancing the para para, dancing all night long

Related terms

• paralist (“para para dancer”)