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November 14, 2013 11:17 pm GMT
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Can 'Glee' End Twerking Forever?
Though wordsmiths say the term "twerk" originated in the 1990s, the practice's popularity rose vigorously in 2013 thanks to Miley Cyrus' viral antics, Jimmy Kimmel's stunt and even Oxford Dictionaries Online, which added "twerk" to its roster
On Thursday night, it appears Glee will try to put the proverbial nail in the coffin of the sexually-charged dance craze in its "The End of Twerk" episode
For the uninitiated, twerking is dancing "to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance." Read more...
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