Sesh
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Sesh is a colloquial or slang short form of session
, and is also a short form of seisiun, a word used by the Irish. Generally, sesh refers to a period of time spent engaged in some group activity. Increasingly, it has come to mean, particularly among young people, an informal, often impromptu, get-together or meeting to perform a group activity, usually with an element of excitement or air of conviviality. Although a sesh may or may not have a defined goal to accomplish, it generally encompasses an implicit goal of a social bonding experience.
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Since World War II, the use of the word sesh has expanded beyond the UK and Australia, to the United States, likely precipitated by the exposure of US soldiers to their UK and Australian comrades. Since at least the 1960s, sesh has been used in the US to describe a gathering of musicians to perform or jam together. Today, sesh is often used in the US in conjunction with sports activities performed in or before a small group, particularly extreme sports; for example, skate sesh, surf sesh and snowboard sesh. A search of Google
and of YouTube
videos for the word "sesh" further evidences the word having entered the vernacular.
Session
-Bureaucracy:*Executive session, a portion of the United States Senate's daily session*Legislative session*Session *Session , a governing body in Presbyterian polity*Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland...
, and is also a short form of seisiun, a word used by the Irish. Generally, sesh refers to a period of time spent engaged in some group activity. Increasingly, it has come to mean, particularly among young people, an informal, often impromptu, get-together or meeting to perform a group activity, usually with an element of excitement or air of conviviality. Although a sesh may or may not have a defined goal to accomplish, it generally encompasses an implicit goal of a social bonding experience.
Origin
In the UK, sesh is used colloquially as short for seisiun, which is a term that has been used by the Irish for centuries, particularly with regard to music played in pubs. In the UK and Australia, sesh also refers to a period of sustained social drinking. Sesh began appearing more commonly in print during World War II. By the 1980s sesh appeared in the middle-class culture of British youths. Today a music festival in the UK offers original live music nights called The Sesh at Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
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Since World War II, the use of the word sesh has expanded beyond the UK and Australia, to the United States, likely precipitated by the exposure of US soldiers to their UK and Australian comrades. Since at least the 1960s, sesh has been used in the US to describe a gathering of musicians to perform or jam together. Today, sesh is often used in the US in conjunction with sports activities performed in or before a small group, particularly extreme sports; for example, skate sesh, surf sesh and snowboard sesh. A search of Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
and of YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
videos for the word "sesh" further evidences the word having entered the vernacular.
Usage
The word sesh is often coupled with a prefacing descriptive term, which can be either a noun or a verb, to describe the particular type of group activity or get-together. For example, jam sesh is often used to refer to musicians gathering together and playing without extensive preparation or prearrangements. Skate sesh, rail sesh, ramp sesh and street sesh are phrases used by the youth skateboarding subculture to describe skateboarding activities, typically performed with or before a small group of friends. More generally, morning sesh, afternoon sesh, and Sunday sesh are used to describe get-togethers or activities at certain times. Stoners also use the word 'sesh' to refer to smoking marijuana with a group of people (e.g. chill sesh). The word sesh is also used alone to refer to a particular type of activity in the context that is understood by a group's members.See also
- SessionSession-Bureaucracy:*Executive session, a portion of the United States Senate's daily session*Legislative session*Session *Session , a governing body in Presbyterian polity*Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland...
- Seisiun
- Irish traditional music sessionIrish traditional music sessionIrish traditional music sessions are mostly informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. The Irish language word for "session" is seisiún...
- Kingston upon HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
- Pub sessionPub sessionA pub session refers to playing music and/or singing in the relaxed social setting of a local pub, in which the music-making is intermingled with the consumption of ale, stout, and beer and conversation...
- Jam sessionJam sessionJam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one...