Twerking has enjoyed a pretty strong week. At least in terms of notoriety.
First, Miley Cyrus Twerking all over the MTV Video Music Awards stage Sunday night inspired up to 300,000 Tweets per minute by some estimates.
Robin Thicke's "Give it 2 U" music video has been released, and it features some familiar imagery from what viewers witnessed at the MTV VMAs.
No, not Miley Cyrus Twerking. But not far off.
Miley Cyrus Twerking, already one of the web's favorite pastimes, shocked and awed the world with last night's raunchy display at the Barclays Center.
Aggressively gyrating on Robin Thicke like a horny wild child possessed, the singer was the talk of a talked-about event ... for better or worse.
She tried to warn us, people.
In a promo for the MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus said she was coming for us.
Attention, Twerkers of the world:
You may soon be able to strike it rich by doing your very best Miley Cyrus impression.
Let there be no doubt: Miley Cyrus Twerking is a work of art.
It could take years of practice to come close to this superstar when it comes to booty shaking and hips gyrating.
Miley Cyrus' Twerking has inspired a new meme, in which she Twerks in various inappropriate situations. But is it even actually Twerking that's depicted?
We've seen plenty of Twerking over the past few weeks.
Bears Twerking. Selena Gomez Twerking. Heck... Jon Voight Twerking!
Our little Selena Gomez. She's growing up before our very eyes.
Or before the eyes of her concert goers, at least.
We all know that Miley Cyrus loves a good Twerk.
But did you know that Miley Twerked at The Royal Wedding? And on the set of Good Morning America? It's true, as these totally real, non-Internet created photos prove:
What would the Teen Choice Awards be without a performance by the globe's most popular teen band?
Fortunately, fans didn't have to answer that question last night, as One Direction took to the stage for a rendition of "Best Song Ever."
Anastasia Ashley, a professional surfer, is officially our favorite professional surfer (or pro athlete overall) after showing us her pre-event warmup routine:
Twerking!
Miley Cyrus started it. Some believe Nicki Minaj has perfected it.
Bears have sort of done it and grandmothers have definitely given it a shot.
Are bears in Alberta getting in on the Twerking craze too?
A pack of ursine creatures were recently captured on video taking turns thrusting hips, twerk-style, around a tree used to mark their scent in a Canadian national park.
Jon Voight can now add master of Twerking to his long career resume.
The 74-year-old Oscar winner and father of Angelina Jolie has been delighting audiences as gangster Mickey on Showtime's new series Ray Donovan.
Birds. Bees. Bugs. Dogs. Cats. Kim Kardashian.
One look at this video of Twerking animals and you come to realize that all creatures on this Earth are united by the suggestively hilarious dance craze.
It is so on between Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus. Twerk style.
Yes, Nicki thinks Miley is cute. And Cyrus looks up to Minaj.
Nicki Minaj Twerking? Not exactly a first there, THGers.
Nicki Minaj Twerking in a pool? Well now we're talking!
The Golden Sisters are at it again.
But this time, instead of viewing the Kim Kardashian sex tape or reading 50 Shades of Grey in shock and horror, they are analyzing the dance world's latest trend:
With all due respect to Miley Cyrus Twerking, classical music has been unjustly overlooked during the ascension of this suggestive new dance craze.
Typically associated with hip hop, Twerking is interpreted through a radically different genre below in an experiment designed to legitimize the art.
So much for that intense Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus feud.
Based on the lyrics to the new track "somewhereinamerica" - which appear to mock Miley and state that "only in America" could someone Twerk her way to fame - it certainly sounded as if the rapper didn't have a lot of respect for the singer.
Jay-Z takes aim at a couple of contrasting targets on his new album.
First, he disses Scott Boras because the artist stole away one of the sports agent's clients, New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano.
Twerking is strictly grown-up behavior, according to Wu Tang Clan co-founder RZA, who feels that there should be an age requirement for such activity.
Rihanna Twerking in a new Instagram video? To a Drake song no less?
Yep, that happened. Watch it in all its butt-shaking glory below ...
