jamborees

However, I now realize I may have made a mistake, because as much as I hate "jamborees" I love watching "hipsters" scrutinize things, and it appears that the "Bike Jumble" featured this in abundance:

Back in the Saddle: The Unwatched Pot Boils Over BikeSnobNYC 2010

Make it affordable, with a traditional square back and a thrifty diesel, and watch the Hummer "jamborees" flourish.

Detroit auto show - Personal picks 2008

Make it affordable, with a traditional square back and a thrifty diesel, and watch the Hummer "jamborees" flourish.

Detroit auto show - Personal picks 2008

"jamborees"; Alec and Alonzo were so constantly on hand that Anne wondered if they ever did anything but dance attendance on that will-o'-the-wisp of a Phil.

Anne of the Island 1908

The association has written to Children's Secretary Ed Balls asking him to allow voluntary groups greater flexibility within the rules of the scheme. spokesman said: "We recognise the importance of children attending and participating in international events such as jamborees organised by the Scout Association, and would not wish the Vetting and Barring Scheme to act as a deterrent to these events going ahead.

Rocket News 2009

The awards season has become so rammed with prize-giving jamborees in the run-up to the Academy Awards, and the annual, consensus-bandwagon in favour of certain films so overwhelming, that you find yourself hoping that the Baftas will be a last chance for something unexpected to happen.

Bafta missed their chance to break The Artist's silence 2012

There were elements of camp life that the children, especially, found fun, including Boy Scout jamborees and basketball games against teams from nearby towns.

Memorializing a Painful Chapter of History Stephanie Simon 2011

Charmian climbed up alongside, and Nakata got into the rear seat with the typewriter -- Nakata, who sailed cabin-boy on the Snark for two years and who had shown himself afraid of nothing, not even of me and my amateur jamborees in experimenting with new modes of locomotion.

FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

Digital arts jamborees can seem anything but a shindig, but the inventive NEoN festival has instant visual appeal, with a strong art and games design slant to the programme.

This week's new events 2011

It joins the ever-expanding list of Asian literature festivals -- there were jamborees in Hong Kong, Dubai and Karachi in the past month alone -- and features some of the usual suspects: Namita Gokhale is program consultant; Mita Kapur's Siyahi is an associate; and Pavan Varma, the writer-diplomat who is currently India's ambassador to Bhutan, is one of the lead movers behind it.

Cheat Sheet: The Dark Side of Caffeine 2010