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General Slang
the category is
· phrase · ballroom
The emcee's call announcing the theme contestants must serve before they walk.
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The four words that open every walk. The emcee grabs the mic, the music drops, and they announce 'The category is...' followed by whatever theme the floor has to serve, realness, runway, body, face, whatever. It's the brief and the challenge in one breath. Get the category, then go give them exactly that, perfectly, or get chopped. The phrase escaped the ballroom long ago and now lands in everyday speech as a sly way to frame what you're about to deliver.
“The category is: Executive Realness. Walk for me.”
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the category is In A Sentence
The category is: Executive Realness. Walk for me.
Origin & Usage
Ballroom emcee tradition; the standard call to open a category at a ball. Spread widely via Paris Is Burning (1990) and later FX's Pose.
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