interjection, verb
General Slang
werk / werq
· interjection, verb · ballroom
An affirmation shouted to hype a fierce performance.
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Definitions
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A shout of pure approval, you better werk, thrown at someone performing with confidence and flair. The deliberate misspelling is the point: it marks it as scene language, not the everyday word. As both a cheer and a command, it tells the performer to give everything and keep going.
“She hit the runway in those heels and the whole crowd screamed werk.”
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As a verb, to do something with exceptional style and command, to werk an outfit, a stage, a moment.
“He werqed that catwalk like it owed him money.”
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werk / werq In A Sentence
She hit the runway in those heels and the whole crowd screamed werk.
He werqed that catwalk like it owed him money.
Origin & Usage
Black gay and ballroom culture; an intentional respelling of 'work'. Heard in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning as encouragement during performances, later cemented in mainstream slang via RuPaul.
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