The word twerk has recently been added to Oxford Dictionaries Online. We find out that it stands for „dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.”
But was it Miley Cyrus’ twerk at the VMAs that was ground zero for this seemingly unexpected hype? While twerking may be new to some of you, it’s been around since 1990s! This booty-bounce-heavy dance was born out of New Orleans’ music scene due to amazing fusion of a hip-hop genre centered around call-and-response vocals.In 2005 Beyonce’s song „Check On It” featured the line „Dip it, pop it, twerk it, stop it, check on me tonight.” A year later Justin Timberlake sang „Let me see what ya twerkin’ with.”
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This twerking phenomenon has been sweeping almost all nations around the world for a while. Rihanna & Shakira, whose awkwardly sexy dance appeared some time ago on YouTube, made their butts the biggest gimmick. But would it be too bold to say that celebrities are taking the whole thing too far? Well, not really. Most recently Nicky Minaj and Taylor Swift have also joined this twerking hall of fame to reject the idea of skinny beauty. This attention-grabbing celebration of ass is supposed to make you love your curves and rear end no matter what others think.
Interestingly, twerking is a good cardio workout and if done right, it engages hamstrings, glutes and lower back. Pumping your pelvis briskly for a few minutes can also help you burn extra calories (around 400!). So get down to work right now.
SŁOWNICTWO
thrust – forsować
squat – kucać
stance – pozycja
seemingly – pozornie
booty – tyłeczek
bounce – odbijać się
due to – dzięki czemuś
genre – gatunek
phenomenon – zjawisko
sweep – szerzyć się
nation – naród
awkward – niezgrabny
gimmick – chwyt (reklamowy)
bold – śmiały
hall of fame – galeria sław
reject – nie akceptować
curves – krągłości
rear end – pupa
hamstring – ścięgno podkolanowe
glute – mięsień pośladkowy
pelvis – miednica
briskly – energicznie
SHAKE IT OFF
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own, sick, haters, hella, dates, feet, liars, fella, brain
I stay out too late
Got nothing in my (1) ………………
That’s what people say, mmm-mmm That’s what people say, mmm-mmm
I go on too many (2) …………………… But I can’t make ’em stay
At least that’s what people say, mmm-mmm That’s what people say, mmm-mmm
But I keep cruising
Can’t stop, won’t stop moving It’s like I got this music
In my mind,
Saying it’s gonna be alright
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play And the (3) …………. gonna hate, hate, hate,, hate Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I Shake it off, I shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
I never miss a beat
I’m lighting on my (4) ………………
And that’s what they don’t see, mmm-mmm That’s what they don’t see, mmm-mmm
I’m dancing on my (5) ……… (dancing on my own) I make the moves up as I go (moves up as I go) And that’s what they don’t know, mmm-mmm That’s what they don’t know, mmm-mmm
But I keep cruising
Can’t stop, won’t stop grooving
It’s like I got this music
In my mind
Saying it’s gonna be alright
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, Baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake
I Shake it off, I shake it off.
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off
break, shake,
Hey, hey, hey
Just think while you been getting down and out about the (6) ………………
And the dirty, dirty cheats of the world,
You could’ve been getting down to this
(7) ……………… beat
My ex-man brought his new girlfriend
She’s like ”Oh my God” but I’m just gonna shake it And to the (8) ……………… over there with the
(9) ……………… good hair
Won’t you come on over baby?
We can shake, shake, shake
'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate,
hate, hate
Baby I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I Shake it off, I shake it off
Heart-breakers gonna break, break, break, break, break
And the fakers gonna
fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Baby, I’m just gonna,
shake shake, shake,
I shake it off, I shake it off
