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What's that dance called?

Asked by aprilsimnel (30749points) January 20th, 2009

There’s a dance where one puts the arms out, ball the fists and jerks around so the arms are on the opposite side of the body, and then rotates the upper body one way and the arms the other while standing still. An example of someone doing it is at the end of this commercial.

I can do this dance, but I don’t know what it’s called.

What’s it called?

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asmonet's avatar

Your link doesn’t work. :(

dlm812's avatar

^exactly my thoughts.

I can’t quite imagine any dance I have ever seen from your description..

asmonet's avatar

^I know, right?

asmonet's avatar

The Asian woman? She’s doing the monkey.

asmonet's avatar

None of those dances really matched your description though…

dlm812's avatar

I think she means the guy at the very end…

dlm812's avatar

doing the circle thing with his arms in front of him?

dlm812's avatar

I don’t think it has a name.. :/

aprilsimnel's avatar

Yes, that guy!

asmonet's avatar

But that’s just um spinning. It isn’t a dance.

asmonet's avatar

Oh, the black guy?

aprilsimnel's avatar

No, the white guy at the end in the red shirt and greeny jacket.

dlm812's avatar

Hahaha. If it was just the hips, I would say the “Hula”, but with the arms I call that the “jock dance”. I’ve only ever seen cocky guys do that…

dlm812's avatar

Can we make up our own name?

asmonet's avatar

Um yeah, he’s really just doing a stationary swagger.

dlm812's avatar

A stationary swagger??

critter1982's avatar

I’m pretty sure it’s called the cabbage patch.
The Cabbage Patch

aprilsimnel's avatar

Aw, I’m disappointed. I thought there was a name. :|

But I can do it in both directions!

asmonet's avatar

It’s just a cocky attitude, like you said. Set to music and arms bopping about.

asmonet's avatar

That’s not the cabbage patch. rofl.

aprilsimnel's avatar

Oh, it IS the cabbage patch! and this guy’s a scream!

critter1982's avatar

It is a bad rendition of the cabbage patch, but it is definitely the cabbage patch.

dlm812's avatar

Wow. Totally better name than my “Jock Dance”.

Really, I should have known that.

asmonet's avatar

I really don’t think it qualifies. He’s not moving his arms around in a circle, both arms are independent. It is not the cabbage patch.

squirbel's avatar

booooo asmonet beat me to that link :P

dlm812's avatar

LOVE the Farmer Bill link.

critter1982's avatar

asmonet: Well we all know white men can’t dance.

asmonet's avatar

That IS a white man’s dance. Unfortunately, it’s not the cabbage patch.

critter1982's avatar

It is a white man dance but the black man perfected it

dlm812's avatar

Silly asmonet… the Cabbage Patch isn’t a white man’s dance, it’ a dolls dance ;)

aprilsimnel's avatar

@critter1982 – You know what’s funny? A nuclear engineer from Winnipeg taught me this dance in college. And could he move, boy. Hoo! I knew him and he graduated when I was dating a different guy and left before I learned what other moves he had. Dammit!

asmonet's avatar

I stand corrected. :)

critter1982's avatar

@aprilsimnel: That’s sad. I’m sure he had tons of other moves like the lawnmower, the shopping cart, the row boat, the sprinkler, pretty much any dance starting with the….....:)

tiffyandthewall's avatar

oh my god, the break dance dvd video april linked to was so hilarious! everyone watch it if you haven’t, it is the funniest thing ever

aprilsimnel's avatar

@tiffyandthewall Did you notice his left leg? I did. Heavens!

La_chica_gomela's avatar

wow, i had no idea the “hell yeah – i win – you lose” dance had a name!

tennesseejac's avatar

I know Farmer Bill, he went to my high school. One time he tried to dance around during lunch and this guy did the cabbage patch on his face. (true story)

elijah's avatar

Definately the cabbage patch

dlm812's avatar

@tennesseejac That’s hilarious. Maybe that’s where he learned the Cabbage?

aprilsimnel's avatar

@tennesseejac – I watched that booty dance one of his and I’m speechless.

BTW, you guys, thanks for helping me with what that dance is called.

cordovanessa's avatar

its the cabbage patch performed very badly but its definately the cabbage patch

tiffyandthewall's avatar

YES, haha oh my god. i cannot stop laughing, that entire video is just priceless.
@tennessee, that must have been fun times going to school with him haha, that is hilarious

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