# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/41 "2013-09-21T15:59:02Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Well I started out to try twerking, but I really only ended up blorking. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/42 "2013-09-21T16:55:54Z")
Everyday I go twerk. Then I come home. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/43 "2013-09-22T23:02:00Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Definitely not just you. ‘Twerk’ sounds too much like the _ **bastard son of ‘Jerk’ and ‘Twat’** _. (bolding mine) Looks to me like they’re jerking their twat around, which causes their booty to pop. An entirely appropriate description, IMHO. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/44 "2013-09-23T00:08:51Z")
I’ve been twerking on the railroad, just to pass the time a-wayyyy. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/45 "2013-09-23T00:51:28Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > 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. Ah…so that is what splorking is! I’ll just [leave this here,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOA-BmBeItM) for people who think you need a bigger booty to booty pop. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/46 "2013-09-23T02:36:41Z")
> [@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) > [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > That’s not even close to what we’re talking about. That’s what I was going to say - that’s not twerking. I still admit nothing. ETA: And neither does my cat. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/47 "2013-09-23T03:28:32Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > I’ve been twerking on the railroad, just to pass the time a-wayyyy. Dinah is blowing and twerking in the kitchen. ---
**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 24, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/48 "2013-09-24T22:47:44Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Everyday I go twerk. Then I come home. Is that down t’mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/49 "2013-09-24T23:23:02Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Ah…so that is what splorking is! > > I’ll just [leave this here,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOA-BmBeItM) for people who think you need a bigger booty to booty pop. That’s so awesome! I just can’t seem to make my booty bounce like that, as my bedroom mirror can laughingly attest. But I really wish I could do it. With such a skill I could make a lot of money! Save up for retirement and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/50 "2013-09-25T00:55:55Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Ah…so that is what splorking is! > > I’ll just [leave this here,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOA-BmBeItM) for people who think you need a bigger booty to booty pop. I thought splorks were those plastic spoon/fork combos. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/51 "2013-09-25T01:04:25Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > That’s so awesome! > > I just can’t seem to make my booty bounce like that, as my bedroom mirror can laughingly attest. > > But I really wish I could do it. With such a skill I could make a lot of money! Save up for retirement and everything. I wish I could do it as well as he can. Not gonna lie…I can do it much better than folks would guess, considering my size…people tend to think I can’t shake it like a salt shaker, but a lifetime of practice has actually produced a lithe big mama! But yeah, I can’t do it like the girls I see in the reggae and hip hop parties. They got skillz. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/52 "2013-09-25T16:33:18Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Definitely not just you. ‘Twerk’ sounds too much like the bastard son of ‘Jerk’ and ‘Twat’. I’d be shocked if that isn’t exactly where the name came from. At least it’s what I’ve always assumed; “always” being since the first time I heard the term about two months ago. It wasn’t until I looked it up that I realized it refers to that most unsexy - revolting actually- thing that strippers do. I started a thread about it a couple of years ago, asking who finds it sexy and I described it as butt convulsions. I don’t recall getting too many positive responses. ---
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/53 "2013-09-25T16:45:48Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I didn’t know there was a name for this, I just always assumed it was part of wining. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z\_AOJEXur1A](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_AOJEXur1A) So, I gather that “twerking” is the newer expression for what was once called “Dirty Dancing” about 25 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/54 "2013-09-25T16:57:33Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > So, I gather that “twerking” is the newer expression for what was once called “Dirty Dancing” about 25 years ago? I may be way off but I think twerking is more about the woman furiously shaking her butt, solo, as opposed to sensuously(?) rubbing against her partner. Dirty? yes Dancing? \ That aint dancing, Sally \ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/55 "2013-09-25T19:41:16Z")
> [@Mallard](#): > > So, I gather that “twerking” is the newer expression for what was once called “Dirty Dancing” about 25 years ago? No. Not even close. (There’s a couple of links here. They go to You Tube videos.) ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/56 "2013-09-25T20:14:00Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > And no one shot you? Amazing! 1. We don’t allow firearms in dance class. For the obvious reason. 😉 2. The students were mostly college-age women; they _wanted_ to learn this. Most of them giggled the entire time. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/57 "2013-09-26T03:13:19Z")
I probably would think a lot more of twerking if I hadn’t seen that Miley Cyrus clip. > [@Dogzilla](#): > > 1. We don’t allow firearms in dance class. For the obvious reason. 😉 Well, now we know you’re not in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/58 "2013-09-26T04:21:44Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I probably would think a lot more of twerking if I hadn’t seen that Miley Cyrus clip.\ That wasn’t twerking, either. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/59 "2013-09-26T06:20:45Z")
I tried, based on directions I found online, just to see what it felt like. Like most dance moves involving the hips, I couldn’t do it. My butt’s big, but it wouldn’t bounce. I do think I may have gotten closer to actually being able to swing my hips without looking like an idiot, though. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerry_in_Canada)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730/60 "2013-09-26T09:47:09Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > Definitely not just you. ‘Twerk’ sounds too much like the bastard son of ‘Jerk’ and ‘Twat’. I was thinking “Jerk & Twit”, it makes more sense for the idiocy if such is possible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-twerked/668730.md?page=4)