Milkshake

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 17, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Katy Miller wrote:

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>> From today's Washington Post
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> "Yet even after the personnel problems were smoothed out (and long
> before Beyonce released her solo album and was transformed into a
> single-named star with a milkshake to rival Jennifer Lopez and Kelis
> combined), she was the de facto Diana Ross of the group."
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> Kelis' 2003 song "Milkshake," has the lyrics,
> "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,
> And their like
> It's better than yours,
> Damn right it's better than yours,
> I can teach you,
> But I have to charge"
>

"Milkshake" is the long form of the "shake" in the comment, "You want
fries with that shake?" It refers to the way that a girl's buttocks
move beneath her skirt/jeans/shorts. So, a paraphrase is something
like, "The movement of my buttocks beneath my skin-tight, camel-toe
skirt/jeans/booty shorts/etc. as I walk is so erotic that all the boys
follow me to see it."

-Wilson Gray

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