Badonkadonk
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Badonkadonk is a slang term for a woman's buttocks that are voluptuously large and firm, yet bouncy. Women who possess this feature have a small waist that flares dramatically into round, peach-shaped buttocks[1] with deep cleavage.
The term is based on the imagined rhythm of a sexy gait, an example of non-auditory onomatopoeia.[2]
[edit] Origin
Originally, the word was hip hop slang.[3] It first appeared in mass media in 2001 in a line by rapper Keith Murray in the song "Fatty Girl": "You got a badonkadonk, girl, don't hurt nobody!" The term gained a wider audience in the fall of 2002 through Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's #2 hit "Work It" which includes the lyric "keep your eyes on my ba-bump-ba-bump-bump, and see if you can handle this ba-donk-a-donk-donk" .[4]
Throughout the 2002 season of Crank Yankers, badonkadonk was a catchword of the character Spoonie Luv[2] voiced by comedian Tracy Morgan. Morgan explained the term during his August 16, 2003 appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien as "one cheek goes up, badonkadonk; the other goes down, badonkadonk". The term was also featured as an example of black slang in "I Know Black People", a quiz show skit from the second season of Chappelle's Show (also known as "junk in tha trunk").
[edit] Wider audience
The term gained a new audience in 2005 from "Honky Tonk Badonkadonk", a chart-topping country music song by Trace Adkins about a woman in a night club renowned for her dancing and her badonkadonk. This song illustrates how the term has moved beyond its African-American origins into the mainstream, although some listeners mistakenly assumed that Adkins had coined the term.[5]
In the 2006 episode of the Showtime series Weeds, "Last Tango in Agrestic", the term is elucidated for the main character.
In 2007, the term was mentioned in a Subway radio commercial. In the commercial, a couple are at a fast food drive-thru placing an order, and their item choices are characterized by the possible results of eating such fare (e.g. "spare tire with a side of love handles"). The female customer orders a "badonkadonk butt," to which the restaurant employee asks (presumably offering the option to upsize her selection), "Do you want the badonkadonk butt, or the 'ba-DOHNK-a-DOHNK' butt?" In the television version of the drive-thru spot, the conversation ends with the woman's order of "thunder thighs and a badonkadonk butt," then cuts away from the scene.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Harris, Misty. "Booty by the numbers: British professor touts formula for perfect bum", CanWest News Service, 2006-04-18.
- ^ Macdonald, Patrick. "After 7 albums, Trace Adkins gets noticed for bootylicious ode", The Seattle Times, 2006-03-17, p. I4. Retrieved on 2006-04-11.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa. "Drawling Devotion to Snug Britches (login required)", New York Times, 2006-08-10. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.[1]
- ^ "De-badonkadonk v. less sexy gyrating: What's the word?", The Observer, 2003-09-07, p. 12.
- ^ Huntley, Helen. "Strawberry fest gets a taste of honky-tonk strut", St. Petersburg Times (Florida), 2006-03-13, p. 2B. Retrieved on 2006-04-11.
