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#vogue

66 words tagged “vogue”

grand prize / grand march
noun

The top trophy at a ball, and the opening procession where the houses make their entrance.

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walking / walk a category
verb

To compete in a ballroom category for trophies, prizes and status.

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banjee boy
noun

A ball performer embodying tough, hip-hop-inflected street swagger.

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serving face / serve face
phrase

Delivering beauty and confidence through pure facial performance.

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butch queen
noun

Ballroom term for a gay or bisexual cis man — the scene's largest gender population.

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production
noun

An elaborate staged ballroom performance with full costume, props and a crew.

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floor performance
phrase

The vogue element where you work the floor itself, rolling, arching and posing to ooze sensuality.

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fierce
adjective

Intense, fearless, confident style — a ballroom term of approval.

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dramatics
noun

The fast, stunt-heavy, theatrical mode of voguing, all speed, tricks and big drops.

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serving / serve
verb

To bring full energy, attitude and presentation, no half measures.

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waacking
noun

A 1970s disco-club dance built on fast, dramatic arm throws, born in LGBTQ nightlife and folded into vogue.

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throw shade
phrase

Artful, indirect contempt — an insult you don't even have to say out loud.

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voguing / vogue
verb

The stylised ballroom dance of sharp, model-like poses born in Harlem.

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the chop
noun

Getting cut from a category by the judges, eliminated, sent home.

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spins and dips
phrase

The vogue element where you whip a 360 spin and drop straight into a back-landing dip on the musical accent.

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007
noun

The ballroom surname for a walker with no house — a free agent.

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cunt 18+
adjective

Mature content — open to view.

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read to filth
phrase

To read someone so thoroughly they're left in ruins.

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hand performance
noun phrase

The vogue element where you tell a whole story through your hands and arms.

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the cunt / cunty 18+
noun, adjective

Mature content — open to view.

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father
noun

The co-leader of a ballroom house, ranking alongside the mother.

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walking
verb

To enter and compete in a specific category at a ball.

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sex siren
phrase

A ballroom category judged on overt sensual seduction in performance.

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noguing
verb

Voguing done wrong — fake vogue with no training or ballroom grounding.

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pop, dip and spin
noun phrase

The original name for voguing, back when it was all about popping the arms, dropping into dips and spinning between them.

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female figure
noun

Ballroom umbrella for anyone presenting as a woman in a category.

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battling
verb

Two voguers going head-to-head in a direct duel.

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tens
noun

Perfect scores from every judge, the green light to advance to the next round.

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old way
phrase

Pre-1990 vogue style of clean lines, symmetry and precision, inspired by hieroglyphs and fashion poses.

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death drop
noun

The mainstream/Drag Race name for the dip, a backward stunt-fall to the floor; ballroom calls it a misnomer.

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voguing
verb

The Harlem ballroom dance of sharp poses, model lines and dramatic hand work.

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tens across the board
phrase

A perfect score — a 10 from every judge, no debate, you advance.

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catwalk
noun

Vogue's exaggerated feminine strut — crossing legs, swinging hips, hands thrown in opposition.

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arms control
noun phrase

Precise, fluid arm and hand work — the judged technical element of voguing.

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ovah / over
adjective

Beyond impressive, flawless, on the level of cunty or sickening.

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duckwalk
noun

The vogue move where you squat low on your heels and kick your feet out as you travel forward on the beat.

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kids
noun

The members of a house, who take its name and walk under its banner.

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earning your tens
phrase

Proving yourself in ballroom by scoring a perfect ten across the board.

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banjee realness
phrase

Ball category judging how convincingly you serve tough, street, masculine presentation.

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vogue femme
phrase

Mid-90s vogue style of extreme, exaggerated feminine fluidity.

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soft and cunt
phrase

The delicate, ultra-feminine, graceful approach to vogue, the soft counterpart to dramatics.

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virgin vogue
noun

A vogue category for performers with a year or less of experience.

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dip
noun

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

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house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

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the category is
phrase

The emcee's call announcing the theme contestants must serve before they walk.

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male figure
noun

Ballroom umbrella for anyone presenting as a man in a category.

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opulence, you own everything
phrase

Junior LaBeija's legendary Paris Is Burning ballroom chant — spelled out, O-P-U-L-E-N-C-E.

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category
noun

A specific judged competition theme at a ball — Face, Body, Realness, Vogue and more.

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children
noun

The younger members of a ballroom house — the offspring of its mother and father.

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body
noun

Ballroom category judged purely on your physique — shape, proportions, the skin you're serving.

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five elements
phrase

The five core components of Vogue Femme: hands, catwalk, duckwalk, spins & dips, and floor performance.

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House of Ninja
noun

The multiracial ballroom house founded in 1982 by Willi Ninja, the Godfather of Vogue.

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walk
verb

To compete at a ball by entering and performing a category.

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face
noun

A ballroom category judged purely on facial beauty and bone structure.

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icon
noun

The top tier of ballroom prestige — above legendary, for those who shaped the scene.

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new way
phrase

Post-1990 vogue style of rigid clicks, contortion, flexibility and precise arms control.

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thug realness
phrase

A ball category judged on convincingly passing as a tough street figure.

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shablam
noun

Older insider name for the dramatic spin-into-dip drop, actually an onomatopoeic crowd cue, not the move's real name.

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legendary
adjective

Ballroom status earned after roughly a decade of winning category trophies.

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kiki ball
noun

A casual, community-first ball with lighter stakes, often where newcomers learn.

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serving face
phrase

Performing with your face — full beauty and expression — as the whole point.

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punish
verb

To utterly outdo or demolish a rival in a battle or category.

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floorwork
noun

The vogue element of working the floor — rolling, arching, posing low.

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throwing shade
phrase

A veiled, contemptuous insult — disrespect you barely have to spell out.

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bizarre
noun

Ballroom category demanding a look so strange and alien you stop reading as human.

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battle
noun

A competitive face-off between two performers showing off skill and style.

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