noun General Slang

dip

· noun · ballroom

The dramatic backward drop to the floor on the beat — the real ballroom name, not 'death drop'.

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The climactic backward fall in vogue — you drop, one leg folded under you, back hitting the floor on the beat. The mainstream calls it a 'death drop'; ballroom calls it a dip, full stop. Insiders are firm about this: 'death drop' and 'shablam' are outsider names. Land it on the beat and the room loses it.

“Don't call it a death drop in front of the elders — it's a dip, and you hit it on the beat or not at all.”
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dip In A Sentence

Don't call it a death drop in front of the elders — it's a dip, and you hit it on the beat or not at all.

Origin & Usage

Harlem ballroom scene; the term predates the mainstream 'death drop', which ballroom insiders reject as inaccurate.

Variants dips
Tags #ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#voguefem

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