twerk

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
Haven't found the match yet.
Gen Alpha
griddy
Millennial · this one
twerk,get down
Gen X
Haven't found the match yet.
Boomer
boogie,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

An unnecessarily excessive amount of effort put into something; overkill for the situation.

Doing grown-up tasks like paying bills or cooking; a millennial-era word, often self-deprecating.

Intensifier meaning 'extremely' or 'very,' added after an adjective for emphasis.

Nickname for young football prodigy Madden San Miguel; used for a kid with big potential.