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Individually performed chiefly but not exclusively by women, [1] [2] performers dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving throwing or thrusting their hips back or shaking their buttocks , often in a low squatting stance. As a tradition shaped by local aid and pleasure clubs, block parties and second lines , [7] the dance was central to "a historical situating of sissy bounce—bounce music as performed by artists from the New Orleans African-American community that [led to] a meteoric rise in popularity post-[ Hurricane Katrina after ]. The Oxford English Dictionary defines an 18th-century use of the word as a blend of " twist " and " jerk " or " twitch " , which was reported by the BBC in conjunction with the black cultural context, but this seems to be an erroneous connection or a false cognate. The Oxford Dictionaries blog states, "the most likely theory is that it is an alteration of work, because that word has a history of being used in similar ways, with dancers being encouraged to "work it". The word "twerking" first appeared on record in "Do the Jubilee All" by DJ Jubilee in , in which he chanted, "Twerk baby, twerk baby, twerk, twerk, twerk. The Oxford English Dictionary defines twerking as dancing "in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance ". In the introduction of bounce music into New Orleans music scene brought with the dance Popular video-sharing channels such as YouTube amplified interest since the advent of digital social media platforms. Girl group Destiny's Child was the first mainstream artist to use the word in a song in their song " Jumpin' Jumpin' ". In , the dance became a viral sensation beyond black culture.
Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Calling all Twerk Team wannabes—here's what we know: Twerking, a portmanteau word of twist and jerk, has infiltrated nearly every aspect of music culture. But it's nothing new. Songs encouraging or demanding one to twerk have been around more than two decades, and while we can argue that one can twerk to literally anything—D'Angelo, Juvenile, Barbara Streisand, if that's your thing—we've narrowed the cannon of great twerking songs not just down to the classics, but the anthems.