Posted on 08/28/2013 4:26:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Twerking, the rump-busting up-and-down dance move long beloved on America’s hip-hop scene, has officially gone mainstream. It’s got the English dictionary entry to prove it.
Britain’s Oxford Dictionaries said the rapid-fire gyrations employed by U.S. pop starlet Miley Cyrus to bounce her way to the top of the charts had become increasingly visible in the past 12 months and would be added to its publications under the entry: “Twerk, verb.” …
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Rump busting?
Once upon a time, it was known as bump & grind.
Miley Cyrus busted her rump? This must be why the little strumpets are always shopping ...
(’Retail stores’ nyuk nyuk nyuk)
Twerking: Nothing more than simulating sex while pretending to be dancing.
Imagine, that, when the “WALTZ” was first introduced in Europe and replaced the Minuet, it was considered Extremely naughty, as the partners HELD Each Other.
One of my vocal students also attended dancing school. She proudly showed me a video of her dance recital in which she had a solo. I remember watching the video in the presence of her proud and joyous parents, and I was SO embarrassed by the dance moves that I was speechless. This was 10 years ago, and the girl was 13. The dance moves were worthy of a pole dancer in a two-bit strip joint.
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