When did you first here the word 'Twerk"?

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From wikipedia:

Possible origins

Comparisons have been made with traditional African dances,[4] for instance the Mapouka from West Africa which was banned from the television of Ivory Coast due to its suggestive nature.[5]
In the United States, twerking was introduced into hip-hop culture by way of the New Orleans bounce music scene. In 1993, DJ Jubilee recorded the dance tune "Do The Jubilee All" in which he chanted, "Twerk baby, twerk baby, twerk, twerk, twerk."[6] The video for the song increased the popularity of twerking. In 1995 New Orleans-based rapper Cheeky Blakk recorded the song "Twerk Something!" a call-and-response dance song dedicated to twerking. In 1997 DJ Jubilee recorded "Get Ready, Ready" in which he encouraged listeners to "Twerk it!".
In 2013, "twerk" was added to the Oxford Dictionary Online.[7] The dictionary said the word had been around for 20 years, but the evidence for it to be included in the dictionary had tipped the scale when U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus gave a controversial and headline-producing twerking dance at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013.[7]
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Twerking received recognition in national releases at least as early as the year 2000, when the Atlanta-based Ying Yang Twins released their debut single "Whistle While You Twurk", which received national airplay peaking at #17 on the Hip Hop Chart and was further referenced in their 2002 follow-up release, "Say I Yi Yi", which prominently features the lyrics "She got her hands up on her knees and her elbows on her thighs, she like to twerk and that's for certain I can tell that she fly". In 2011 The Twerk Team was mentioned in the song "Round of Applause" by Atlanta-based rapper Waka Flocka Flame featuring Drake, including the line, "Bounce that ass, shake that ass like the Twerk Team".[4] Bandz A Make Her Dance rapper Juicy J has a lyric, "Start twerking when she hear her song",[8] while French Montana questions the ability of a girl to twerk by asking, "What you twerkin' with" in his song "Pop That" featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross.[9] The song, along with "Express Yourself" by Nicky Da B & Diplo, "Made twerking the most popular dance move since the Dougie".[10]
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I'm familiar with the dance move since my high school days in the 90's. Back then we just called it booty shaking.

Personally, I had never heard the word "twerk" until the Miley Cyrus fiasco. Now its every where.
 
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I first heard it two weeks ago when my brother asked me what it meant. So I asked Siri on my iPhone. Siri didn't know either. Now we all know.
 
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I knew about the word "twerk" for years. I first heard about it in middle school. Kinda suprising that "swag" made its way to mainstream media before "twerk". Theres a song out that goes "Twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk, twerk, what you working with" that is a real club banga.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
From wikipedia:



I'm familiar with the dance move since my high school days in the 90's. Back then we just called it booty shaking.

Personally, I had never heard the word "twerk" until the Miley Cyrus fiasco. Now its every where.
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About 91 or 92 in Memphis in the music especially the strip club music. Not that I went to strip clubs or anything. Just saying. Its just urban terminology guys.
 
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About two weeks ago. There's a retarded video of a cat googling how to twerk then does it on the Internet. Don't ask.
 
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I bent over, touched the floor, and started shaking my butt on Friday. Boss at work wrote me up for "twerking on the sales floor." First time I'd ever heard of it.




Just kidding... I get raises for twerking.


I heard it a few years ago. Now I do it in public to embarrass my friends.
 
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