noun
Street Slang
Shoki
SHOH-kee (approximate — Yoruba is tonal; tone affects exact meaning, informal spellings often drop tone marks) · noun · slang
A wild, freestyle dance craze that took over Nigerian parties.
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An energetic freestyle street dance and one of Nigeria's biggest dance trends of the past decade; the related hit song was briefly restricted by broadcasters over its suggestive content.
“The DJ played the Shoki beat and the whole dance floor went off.”
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Shoki In A Sentence
The DJ played the Shoki beat and the whole dance floor went off.
Origin & Usage
Takes its name from a Yoruba slang term; the dance and its anthem became one of the biggest Nigerian street dance crazes of the 2010s.
People Also Ask
What is the Shoki dance?
It's a wild, freestyle street dance that became one of Nigeria's biggest dance crazes, tied to a hit song of the same name.
Why was the Shoki song controversial?
The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission temporarily restricted it over what it called 'suggestive' and 'obscene' content.
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