Whether or not it is the WAP, the Wednesday, or The Field, TikTok has at all times been recognized for its dances, and there are three new steps taking off on the platform: dwerking, pwerking, and bwerking.
As you might have surmised, these new strikes are variations of twerking. Based on Merriam-Webster, twerking is “sexually suggestive dancing characterised by fast, repeated hip thrusts and shaking of the buttocks particularly whereas squatting.” Dwerking appears to have been invented by @mojothewzzrd. It is a male-centric variation of twerking, so it’s “sexually suggestive dancing characterised by fast, repeated hip thrusts and shaking of the (SLANG FOR MALE GENITALIA).” This is his video as illustration:
Pwerking quickly adopted, ie “shaking of the P” and is carried out as follows:
Lastly, the “B” in “bwerking” stands for “boobs.”
What do you assume up to now?
The phrases could also be new, however the pattern is a part of the lengthy custom of younger folks considering they invented all the pieces. Older people know that freaky dancing has at all times been a factor. The pelvic thrust, it doesn’t matter what you name it, has been a dance transfer endlessly (and can drive you in-sa-ay-ay-ayn), and other people have been bwerking for no less than 100 years, however they used to name it “The Shimmy.”