# The Power of Miley

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-miley/670122>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-miley/670122 "2013-10-01T19:10:14Z")\
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**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:** [October 1, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-power-of-miley/670122/1 "2013-10-01T19:10:14Z")

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Search for “twerk” posts for the last year. Until this thread, there were 48 hits.

38 of them have been since Miley Cyrus’s VMA twerking performance. 4 of the remaining 10 specifically refer to earlier episodes of Miley twerking.

I rest my case!
