Badonkadonk

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Badonkadonk is an American slang term of African-American origin for a woman's buttocks that are voluptuously large yet firm. The term may be based on the imagined rhythm of a sexy gait, an example of non-auditory onomatopoeia..

The origin of the term's popularity among mainstream audiences may be the lyric "love the way my ass go badonkadonk- donk" from Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott''s 2002 single "Work It". The term appeared earlier in the song "Fatty Girl", released in 2001. A line by rapper Keith Murray includes the term: "You got a 'Badoonka-doonk, girl/don't hurt nobody!". The first instance of its use in broadcast media was on August 16, 2002 by comedian Tracy Morgan on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. 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.

The term gained a new audience in 2005 from "[Honkytonk Badonkadonk]", a number-one country and western song by Trace Adkins, about a denizen of a night club renowned for her dancing and her badonkadonk. This song illustrates that the term has moved beyond its African-American origins into the mainstream, although some listeners mistakenly assumed that Adkins had coined the term.

See also

• Booty

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