n. Playing air guitar and singing to prerecorded music; playing air guitar in a public performance.
2006
In recent years, the air guitar has become a cult phenomenon, sparking air-eoke tournaments in cities across the nation.
2005
There is no air guitar school (though there is an annual training camp prior to the world championship in Finland) and no secret formula, but I have established a monthly Aireoke night (see aireoke.com for details), which recently moved to Trash Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Think of it as a farm system for the major leagues.
2004 (earliest)
This just in: Tempest nightclub in WeHo just added Aireoke to its Monday night menu. That's right, you play air guitar while singing karaoke (in other words, Air Guitar + Karaoke = Aireoke).
Aireoke ™ is a trademark held by Dan Crane, the author of the New York Times citation. The addition of the first e in aireoke might seem puzzling — shouldn't it be airaoke? — but it's there because a fair number (although, to be sure, still a tiny percentage) of people use kareoke instead of karaoke.