Talk about defining deviancy downward! Twerking looks like some primitive mating ritual from darkest Africa.
Posted on 08/28/2013 11:00:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Miley Cyrus just twerked her way into the online Oxford Dictionary. Srsly. The term was just added along with other new words that have penetrated popular culture.
Can it be a coincidence that "twerk," the suggestive rump-grinding dance move performed by Cyrus at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, already is among the new words included on Wednesday in the online Oxford Dictionary's latest quarterly update?
"Selfie" a self-portrait taken with a phone, "digital detox," "femo," and "unlike" were some of the other new words added to the online version.
One of the world's most well-respected dictionaries, the online version of Oxford Dictionary adds about 1,000 new online entries each year, spokeswoman Katherine Connor-Martin told The Associated Press in explaining how twerk was added to the online Oxford Dictionary. The update brings in words that the publication's editors feel have penetrated popular culture.
"Twerk," a verb dating back two decades, Martin said, is well-known on America's hip-hop circuit. It really garnered notoriety earlier this week when Cyrus "twerked" in a nude colored bikini at the annual music awards show.
The dictionary defines it as "a dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance."
"The current public reaction to twerking is reminiscent in some ways of how the twisting craze was regarded in the early 1960s, when it was first popularized by Chubby Checker's song, 'The Twist'," Connor-Martin said. "Only time will tell if twerking will similarly be embraced by the general public."
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Lol! They are comparing twerking to "the twist". Talk about defining deviancy downward! Twerking looks like some primative mating ritual from darkest Africa. The first time I see a grandma twerking at a wedding reception, that's it, I'm heading for the hills.
Twerk? I thought it was Unt’ for untalented t*at.
Twerk (noun): Twice the Jerk. Twerk.
Adding such words to the dictionary just supports the decline of our society. At a minimum is should be stated that this is slang.
“Femo” - is that a female emo?
Another word my vocabulary can get along without.
Talk about defining deviancy downward! Twerking looks like some primitive mating ritual from darkest Africa.
As lexicographers, they should KNOW popular culture lasts ... what? ... 10 years?
But their idiot insertion will be there forever.
Wowww ... far OUT, man ... I'm so hip. I'm tryin' to hide out from the man ... the pigs .. y'know, like ... groovy.
Considering twerking didn’t come from Miley, but from the black crowd, it probably has it’s roots(lol) in African mating rituals for sure.
Twenty-three skidoo, you’re hip to the scene, Gene!
Yeah, like when the pimp tells his ho to “put that azz twerk”
Grampa ... what’s CD ?
hahaha love the Who gif!
By the way, since there’s 6 billion people in this world, women have been “twerking” for a very long time. The only thing new about is she did it in a public setting.
Twerk is derived from “tw*t” and “jerk.” It means moving the hips to simulate sexual intercourse. Once again, we can’t even get the truth from a liberal dictionary.
Here it is...Twerking At The Walmart... :)
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