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title: "twerk · GenZ Decoded"
description: "twerk: To dance squatting low with fast hip thrusts that make the buttocks shake, a move usually read as sexually suggestive. Meaning and usage."
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# twerk

Millennial[#lifestyle](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/lifestyle/)

**Meaning.** To dance squatting low with fast hip thrusts that make the buttocks shake, a move usually read as sexually suggestive.

See it in a sentence

she started twerking the second the bass dropped

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    No word for this one yet.

- Gen Alpha

    [griddy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/griddy/)

- Millennial · this one

    twerk,[get down](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/get-down/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer

    [boogie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/boogie/),[cut a rug](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cut-a-rug/)

- Plain English

    to dance squatting low with fast hip thrusts that make the buttocks shake, a move usually read as sexually suggestive

## Read more on this idea

- [How every generation says dancing](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/dancing/)

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## Related slang

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- [touch books](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/touch-books/): A play on "touch grass" urging people to log off and read or visit the library.
- [vanilla](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/vanilla/): Ordinary, plain, or boring; lacking any excitement.
- [we go gym](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/we-go-gym/): A self-improvement catchphrase about committing to working out and bettering yourself.

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