I’m sure everyone has heard of this new word, Twerk, which has made it to the Oxford Dictionary, but do we all know what it means to Twerk? The first time I heard of “Twerk” was from the Miley Cyrus music video, Wrecking Ball. I found the definition of Twerk as per the Oxford Dictionary and decided that this will be my word of the week.
twerk
New words: August 2013
Pronunciation: /twəːk/
verb
[no object] informal
Origin:
1990s: probably an alteration of work
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