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"  There&amp;#039;s been so much said about Miley Cyrus&amp;#039; controversial performance this past weekend at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards \u2014 the overt sexuality, the potential racism and minstrelsy, how bad Paula Patton must have felt watching it, the general feeling that the whole thing was kind of super weird and gross but also totally about that life \u2014 but at long last, one clarion voice has emerged from the ruckus to defend the embattled chanteuse&amp;#039;s right to twerk. Because that&amp;#039;s what this is about, isn&amp;#039;t it? Miley&amp;#039;s right to twerk. This is America, after all. You can&amp;#039;t take that inalienable right away from her. Behold:    &amp;quot;Mile, if twerkin woulda been invented.... And I had a foam finger.... I woulda done the same thang you did.&amp;quot; - DAD \u2014 Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 28, 2013   You&amp;#039;re welcome for the visual image of Billy Ray Cyrus (with that caramel highlights Kelly-Clarkson-circa-2003 bob he refuses to ditch) twerking in a flesh-tone bikini all over Robin Thicke&amp;#039;s D. She also quoted her new song &amp;quot;Wrecking Ball,&amp;quot; in a context which may or may not be about the sociocultural war she started with her incendiary performance. (Interpret as you will.)    I never meant to start a war. I just wanted you to let me in.... I guess I should&amp;amp;#39;ve let you win. #wreckingball #bangerz \u2014 Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) August 28, 2013   In related news! The New York Times reports that &amp;quot;twerk&amp;quot; will soon be entered into the Oxford English Dictionary. Working definition? To dance &amp;quot;in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.&amp;quot; Here&amp;#039;s the thing: Kids these days (sorry, I&amp;#039;m old) have been on about this twerking business for years now, which anyone who&amp;#039;s been keeping half an eye on Tumblr already knows; if anything, Miley is late to the party here. I&amp;#039;m no expert, but I&amp;#039;m pretty sure that once the Oxford English Dictionary catches onto something, it&amp;#039;s officially no longer cool. My only hope? That the next dance craze will make me feel a little bit less like I need to take a shower.  Photo via Getty Images Follow Sam on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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