to dance to hip-hop or pop music in a very sensual way typically by thrusting or shaking the buttocks and hips while in a squatting or bent-over position.
Origin of twerk
1990–95, Americanism; possibly an alteration of work, as in “Work it”; may be related to the earlier (1820-30) sense “a twisting or jerking movement,” from twist + jerk1
The third continued in kind with “selfie,” “swagger,” and “twerk.”
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“Selfie” and “twerk,” unsurprisingly, appeared on the most recent list of about 13 words or phrases.
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Right to say anything, or in the case of Miley Cyrus, sing anything (and twerk anywhere).
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Not content to twerk all over your Hannah Montana memories, Cyrus is dirtying another aspect of your childhood: pumpkin carving.
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