# Have you twerked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 13, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730 "2013-09-13T02:00:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/21 "2013-09-13T10:25:46Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Men twerking? [Impossible.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pbz_8QpfNU) Oh, thank goodness. I thought you were going to link to [this](http://www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/kyleandjackieo/video/clive-palmer-kyle-twerk/). (oops!) ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/22 "2013-09-13T11:08:05Z")
I didn’t know there was a name for this, I just always assumed it was part of wining. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z_AOJEXur1A/hqdefault.jpg "Trinidad Carnival 2k7 - Island People - Wining") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_AOJEXur1A) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/23 "2013-09-13T11:18:18Z")
Only unintentionally. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/24 "2013-09-13T11:47:54Z")
No. Just no. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/25 "2013-09-20T14:24:23Z")
Am I the only one who really dislikes the name “twerking”? It’s just such a sharp, angular word, for a very rounded and curvy activity. It doesn’t fit at all. And at least with “booty popping”, you know what you’re getting: Nobody ever had to ask what booty popping means. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/26 "2013-09-20T14:31:50Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Oh, thank goodness. I thought you were going to link to [this](http://www.2dayfm.com.au/shows/kyleandjackieo/video/clive-palmer-kyle-twerk/). > > (oops!) That is slightly hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/27 "2013-09-20T16:47:34Z")
Good Lord! With my back? No way. I’d immobilize myself halfway down to the starting position! ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/28 "2013-09-20T17:08:16Z")
A long time ago I was playing a scary game, alone, in the dark. In the middle of a tense scene one of my cats decided to jump in my lap; he launched into the air with a feline battle cry that absolutely set me off. I may, in theory, have twerked as my ass spontaneously propelled itself toward the ceiling. I wasn’t really looking at the time. When you move that much ass that far in such a short period of time there’s usually a modest level of jiggle involved. As a man, I don’t expect my ass to jiggle, but such is life in the states. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/29 "2013-09-20T17:17:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Am I the only one who really dislikes the name “twerking”? It’s just such a sharp, angular word, for a very rounded and curvy activity. It doesn’t fit at all. And at least with “booty popping”, you know what you’re getting: Nobody ever had to ask what booty popping means. Definitely not just you. ‘Twerk’ sounds too much like the bastard son of ‘Jerk’ and ‘Twat’. ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/30 "2013-09-20T17:23:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Am I the only one who really dislikes the name “twerking”? It’s just such a sharp, angular word, for a very rounded and curvy activity. It doesn’t fit at all. And at least with “booty popping”, you know what you’re getting: Nobody ever had to ask what booty popping means. I agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/31 "2013-09-20T17:49:27Z")
Call me crazy, but I’m rather fond of that Mom twerking in that Campbells soup commercial. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NNKNUDGFw) ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/32 "2013-09-20T18:26:37Z")
I’ve certainly given it my level best. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/33 "2013-09-20T19:20:45Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > You have to have a booty to twerk. I ain’t got no booty. Me, I have the opposite problem: too much booty to twerk. Apparently there is a zone where those who have the proper amount of booty may twerk within. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/34 "2013-09-20T20:42:59Z")
Yes. :: hangs head in shame :: I taught “booty poppin’” when I was teaching dance classes. In fact, in my introduction class, I wouldn’t let the women out of my class unless they could demonstrate a booty pop/twerk. It didn’t have to be very good, they just had to pop it. I still think it’s stupid and not really a dance move. I taught it as a _joke_ to make the class more fun and silly. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/35 "2013-09-20T20:53:39Z")
Well, it’s been a while since I did (at least in public), but… > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I have twerked plenty, but we just called it booty poppin. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/36 "2013-09-20T20:55:03Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Yes. > > :: hangs head in shame :: > > I taught “booty poppin’” when I was teaching dance classes. In fact, in my introduction class, I wouldn’t let the women out of my class unless they could demonstrate a booty pop/twerk. It didn’t have to be very good, they just had to pop it. I still think it’s stupid and not really a dance move. I taught it as a _joke_ to make the class more fun and silly. And no one shot you? Amazing! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/37 "2013-09-20T21:24:04Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Call me crazy, but I’m rather fond of that Mom twerking in that Campbells soup commercial. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NNKNUDGFw) That’s not even close to what we’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/38 "2013-09-20T21:56:41Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Call me crazy, but I’m rather fond of that Mom twerking in that Campbells soup commercial. [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_NNKNUDGFw) That’s the Running Man, not twerking! [/80s kid grown up] This is twerking: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYqNh9cYlo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYqNh9cYlo) …mesmerizing, actually. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/39 "2013-09-21T02:02:13Z")
No! It looks like a sure fire way to put my back out of commission forever. Though it’s rather amazing to watch, how do they even do that? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/40 "2013-09-21T02:40:13Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > No! It looks like a sure fire way to put my back out of commission forever. Though it’s rather amazing to watch, how do they even do that? I don’t really know, but I’m pretty sure either one of them could crush my skull between their knees like an overripe melon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730.md?page=3)