[Daily News]热辣“电臀舞”入选牛津字典

“Twerking”is one of 500 words added to the Oxford English Dictionary

“电臀舞”，“推特达人”，哦，今天你会发现这些用法！
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"Twerking", the provocative dance move made popular by Miley Cyrus, has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Despite its more frequent use in recent years, the word can be traced back to as early as 1820s to describe a "twisting jerking movement". The word is one of 500 new entries, including "twitterati" (describing users of the social media sercie), and "fo´ shizzle" (meaning "for sure"), added to the dictionary. Twerking, which the dictionary describes as dancing "in a sexualy provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance", has its roots in the early 1990s New Orleans "bounce" music scene.

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gates123 发表于 2015-6-26 12:08
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谢谢支持，这个词也是一个展现语言演进的好例子，“该词早在1820年就已用作名词，当时拼写方式是“twirk”，意为“快速扭转的动作”或“抽搐”。之后于1848年，该词又作动词使用。而现行拼法“twerk”则于1901年普及。”