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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I the only person here who acutally had to look up the definition of "twerking"
what happened to me?
I used to be so "hip"
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I had to look it up about 6 months ago. So, I'm only slightly ahead of you on the scale.
FWIW, once I looked it up...I was sorry.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...and I'm STILL not certain what it is!
Off to flatulate dust!
you guys are cracking me up!!
I had to look it up too
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)and I regret doing so
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)should I stop myself?
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)What has been seen cannot be unseen
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)A new word for an old move - Elvis, anyone?
gollygee
(22,336 posts)I had "derp" in my head. I had no idea what it was.
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)I've got kids. My younger daughter blushed, though, when she found out I knew what it was. (In the privacy of her bedroom she does a pretty darn good twerk!)
that's a hoot!!
Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)and so I have no idea what it is.
I'm wondering that maybe I don't want to...
Actually, I only read that word for the first time.... here.... today... in the OP...
Talk about being "unhip"....
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)I did not know what it meant. But after seeing it, I can remember 2-live-crew having dancers do that back in the 80s.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)"twerking" is just the most recent name for it...Even girls in my high school were dancing like that 20+ years ago (and I was at a very, very conservative RW Catholic school, too)
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)But I may get into trouble, not very PC. This was the "edgy" music when I was in high school. Shock music. There are a lot of the origin "2 Live Crew" videos on Youtube.
edit, here is one from 92. A little more PC I hope. Wreckx-N-Effect (NSFW)
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and please *don't* post any vids...
JustAnotherGen
(31,683 posts)Bake
(21,977 posts)Bake
Bucky
(53,795 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)left on green only
(1,484 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)I saw her a few times *cough* many years ago in cozy venues around LA. She is an epic talent with an exquisite voice.
sarisataka
(18,220 posts)then go to YouTube to understand it
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)Isoldeblue
(1,135 posts)I still don't get it. What purpose does it serve?
I thought it had to do with self-gratification.... But seeing these pictures, I haven't a clue.
[link:http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/frequently-asked-questions-about-twerking-youre-dying-to-k|
KG
(28,749 posts)you should try it!
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I did not ask .... but, we were having a discussion about our teen-aged children ... and this come up
Prior to that conversation I had no clue
KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...and grateful my kids are grown and find this stuff as silly as I do...
left on green only
(1,484 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)you pressed your tongue against your top teeth in a way that saliva from under your tongue would shoot out in a stream.
Man, I feel so 3rd grade again...
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Egnever
(21,506 posts)Guess i am getting old. Now I will run off and look it up.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Warpy
(110,913 posts)I suggest anyone in doubt about what it is search for it on You Tube.
I won't post it here, but it's hypnotic, that thing's got a mind of its own.
madokie
(51,076 posts)I'm not sure what that makes me
malaise
(267,823 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)" Mom, this girl was twerking on the train"
I said, " did anyone help her, she could swallow her tongue"
she said "what, why would she do that"?
I said, "duh cause that happens to some people when they have seizures"
she said, " mom, twerking is a dance not a medical condition"
I said, " damn"
Siwsan
(26,177 posts)That is just about the most cringe worthy attention getting behavior I've ever seen.
I finally saw the entire video of last night's performance by little miss Miley. I now feel the need for a shower. Ewwwww. Something about that girl is just not right.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)and looked it up then.
Peaceplace80
(38 posts)The meaning of twerking, then she tried to get my mom to try it, thankfully my mom turned it down. I think I would hurt myself if I attempted it!
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Sissyk
(12,665 posts)This thread makes me laugh. THank you!!
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)nolabear
(41,915 posts)I don't think I'll post. Trust me. I can't decide if it's awesome or horrifying but it's damned fascinating!
Miley's an amateur.
Peaceplace80
(38 posts)Good Lord, Some of those girls can twerk upside down and in 3 inch heels! Your right Miley has nothing on them.
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)now "I" have to look it up
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Twerking was absolutely unknown in my day (early '90s).
William769
(55,124 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)that I am just too old to see.
chieftain
(3,222 posts)Sometimes HuffPo takes time out from its in-depth and important coverage of side boobs and nip slips to cover soft news.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Where's my brain today???
CatWoman, we have so much in common, as I've said before. Our cats match. We're female Army veterans. I lived in VA, too. I've always been the cool mom. I keep up with music and fashion and my kids could always talk to me, and did, no matter what the topic.
But somehow I missed twerking, too. I didn't look it up. That image in my head is too damn much already. I need alka-seltzer.
I was alerted to the term by my grandson. He posted in real time about Miley "twerking" on his FB page. I'm like, "wtf"? What the hell is that????
hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)But I haven't even bothered to look it up yet.
doc03
(35,148 posts)lounge until about a month ago. Now that I know I don't really care anyway.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)I had no idea what it meant. Until this morning. Ugh.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"Play that twerkin' music, white boy
Play that twerkin' music right
Play that twerkin' music, white boy
Lay down that boogie
And play that twerkin' music 'til you die"
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)IDemo
(16,926 posts)Right?
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Dare you.
panader0
(25,816 posts)gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)PD Turk
(1,289 posts)I had no idea what it was either
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Mom to daughter: "Honey, I signed us up for a Twerkercize class at the Community Center."
Generic Brad
(14,270 posts)Like us oldsters never figured out how to dry hump really fast.
CatWoman
(79,283 posts)UTUSN
(70,497 posts)cry baby
(6,682 posts)really kind of wanted to scratch my eyes out!
Some things like this I wish I could erase from my brain!
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)While she can wag her tail, when she is really excited she puts her butt in the air and wiggles the whole thing while her tail wags. Twerking in the dog world! LOL!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I caught a few minutes of the performance before getting bored with it. My assumption was that she was having some sort of uncontrollable itch in her genital region, or perhaps was trying to adjust her costume.
I still don't know what "twerking" might be, but I imagine it must pay well if her movements were indeed intentional, as has been suggested thus far.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)But I did anyway
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)humping...
You should all put Monostat on your shopping lists!
tblue37
(64,982 posts)eridani
(51,907 posts)What are people supposed to catch?
tblue37
(64,982 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Kitteh 'bout to pounce.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I even looked up the you tube video showing how it's done.