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twerkathon en · NOUN

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Etymology

From twerk + -athon.

Meanings

1. (slang) An energetic display of twerking, particularly to an audience.
   • There was a twerkathon onstage, inciting one of the loudest crowd reactions we've experienced in our four years at Beauty Bar. 2015 June 4, Mike Prevatt, Spencer Patterson, “10 Years of Beauty Bar”, in Las Vegas Weekly, page 19:
   • In America, we like to blame pop for the ills in society – just look at the savage attacks critics have launched against Britney Spears' recent “Work Bitch,” or Miley Cyrus' infamous twerkathon. 2013 September 17, Jake Folsom, “Scandinavian Pop”, in Washington Square News, New York University, page 2:
   • More than a month removed from Miley Cyrus's “twerkathon” at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, it's hard to get the painful image out of my mind. 2013 October 2, Matthew Walter, “Celebrities create negative influence”, in The Corral, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MO, page 19:

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