Citations:twerktastic

English citations of twerktastic

Adjective: "(slang) excellent in a way involving twerking; ideal for or conducive to twerking"

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• 2013, Tom Hawking, "New York Conversation", The Music (Melbourne, Australia), 8 October 2013, page 75:

  It's a subject that's never far from the surface of cultural discourse here, and it's been a particularly sensitive subject because of two of the biggest pop cultural stories of the last few weeks: Miley Cyrus and her twerktastic VMAs performance, and Kanye West getting upset at comedian/late night show host Jimmy Kimmel's satire of West's recent interview with the BBC.

• 2013, Aly Niehans, "Parents can't stop twerktastic, party rocking Bangerz", The Oshkosh West Index (Oshkosh West High School, Oshkosh, WI), 24 October 2013, page 13 (used in title only)
• 2013, "Miley Cyrus to fellow pop stars: 'Chill out, dude'", Sunday Magazine (Guyana Times, Georgetown, Guyana), 29 December 2013, page 12:

  In an enlightening year-end interview with The New York Times, Cyrus talked about the long-lasting echo effect of her twerktastic VMA performance, why she thinks her peers are too uptight, how Joe Jonas is wrong, and her desire to see Ariana Grande bust out of her shell.

• 2014, Frontiers, 8 January 2014 - 21 January 2014, page 47:

  This is not to say that she’s [Beyoncé] not serving up some expected sultry and playful sex appeal, which is found in spades on “XO” (written and produced by The-Dream and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder) and the twerktastic “Yoncé.”

• 2014, Gwendolyn Elliott (ed.), "Seven Nights", Seattle Weekly, 12 February 2014 - 18 February 2014, page 58:

  Since her radical transformation from Disney teen queen to twerktastic exhibitionist, Miley Cyrus has cut a polarizing figure and touched a real nerve in mainstream American culture.

• 2014, Marina Watts & Suzanne Peguero, "Want a Hot Body? You Better Twerk." (satire article), Outlook (SUNY Rockland Community College), 31 March 2014, page 9:

  I mean, Jay Z has dedicated the last 45 seconds to her and her twerktastic abilities in his song “Somewhere in America.”

• 2014, Nicole Sharpies, "Beautiful Products You Need!", Xplode Magazine, Spring/Summer 2014, page 12:

  You may have seen this in Miley Cyrus' Twerktastic video for We Can't Stop; it works wonders for chapped lips!

• 2014, Matt Sowell, "Buzz List Page: VMA Edition", The George-Anne (Georgia Southern University), 26 August 2014, page 11:

  Nothing can compare to Miley's twerktastic performance last year, but with that butt-filled opening I think things came fairly close.

• 2015, "Clinch That Made Miley Smiley", National Enquirer, 20 July 2015, page 2:

  She was caught in a passionate kiss on June 30 with Victoria’s Secret model Stella Maxwell, 24, who kept a firm grip on Miley’s twerktastic butt!

• 2016, Mat Blackwell, Beef, page 209:

  In his office the compilation USB box set of the Beef Corporations greatest hits to date had pretty much driven him insane with catchy choruses and krumpable twerktastic pop rhythms.

• 2017, Max Decharné, Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang, page 26:

  The song was called, with the deathless logic of a corporation at full cry in search of a dollar, "Twerk." As blogger Perez Hilton put it, 'On the heels of Miley Cyrus' twerktastic evening at the VMAs comes the single that is going to BLOW YOUR TWEEN MIND!'