twerkathon

English

Etymology

From twerk +‎ -athon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

twerkathon (plural twerkathons)

1. (slang) An energetic display of twerking, particularly to an audience.
   • 2013 September 17, Jake Folsom, “Scandinavian Pop”, in Washington Square News, New York University, page 2:

     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 October 2, Matthew Walter, “Celebrities create negative influence”, in The Corral, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MO, page 19:

     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.

   • 2015 June 4, Mike Prevatt, Spencer Patterson, “10 Years of Beauty Bar”, in Las Vegas Weekly, page 19:

     There was a twerkathon onstage, inciting one of the loudest crowd reactions we've experienced in our four years at Beauty Bar.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:twerkathon.