Where does the phrase 「ノリが悪い」 come from and what is the meaning?

Question

What is this phrase 「ノリが悪い」? I've seen it in a few places, but I haven't been able to find it in a dictionary yet. I had first thought it meant that "the seaweed was bad".

What is the meaning of this phrase and where does it come from?

Answer 1

I have two phrases with this word:

ノリが悪い人| someone who never joins in

この曲はノリがいい| this song has a good beat

They come from 総まとめ　語彙　N2.

As for origin, I think it might come from expressions close to: 相談に乗る or リズムに乗って踊る (dance to the music)*　which have been adopted in similar fashion to arrive at ウケがいい：

若者に受ける映画｜that movie that is very popular among young people =>

ギャグがウケなかった｜the joke did not go down very well =>

ウケがいい｜very popular

(From: 総まとめ　語彙　N1)

But somebody else may have a more firm insight

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*Similar expressions I find easy to remember are:

調子に乗っていると 失敗するよ｜You'll fail if you get carried away too much

経済が回復軌道に乗る| "The economy will gets back on recovery track" (lit: back into orbit)

Answer 2

And don't forget the very useful ノリノリ, which basically means ノリが良い. I was at a club once and one of my American friends named Thomas ran out and started dancing like crazy. My Japanese friend turned to me and said, トマス、ノリノリだね。