Tag

#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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