twerk
昨年の新語大賞のときにアップしようかと悩んだことばです。twerkは主に黒人女性が腰を激しく振って踊るhiphop系ダンスのことを意味します。これを採用したOxford Dictionariesは"1990s: probably an alteration of work"とその語源を紹介しています。詳しくはYouTubeにまかせます。（UG）
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/twerk?q=twerk
'Selfie,' 'twerk' top 2013's annoying word list
A U.S. university has issued its annual list of annoying words, and those flexible enough to take selfies of themselves twerking should take note.
In addition to “selfie” and “twerking,” there was a strong sense among those who nominated words to this year’s list that the word “hashtag” and term “Mr.
Mom” had both run their course.
“Twerk” or “twerking,” a sexually provocative way of dancing, found a dominant place in parlance due to Miley Cyrus’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
“Hashtag” refers to a word or phrase with no spaces preceded by the pound sign on the microblogging website Twitter.
Others on the banned list include “Twittersphere,” ‘‘t-bone,” ‘‘Obamacare” ‘‘intellectually/morally bankrupt” and anything “on steroids.” People also tired of the suffixes “-pocalypse” and “-ageddon” used to make words such as “snow-pocalypse” or “ice-ageddon.”
http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/selfie-twerk-top-2013s-annoying-word-list
