twerking

[Victor Steinbok]

That would be a tortious offense.

     VS-)

On 5/4/2013 11:49 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> On May 4, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> As I've said before on several occasions, I don't get out much. So I
>> must be the last person the hear new words. Like "twerking"...
>>
>> UD comes up with a bunch of hits, but there's an interesting
>> twist--there are 6 hits. The three from Dec. 2011 forward deal with
>> "slutty dancing". The other three only refer to rapid movement,
>> generally sex related. Well, two of them do that--the last one
>> identifies it as "teasing someone, to a torcherous level".
> Maybe slutty dancing to torch songs?
>
> LH

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