What The Word "Strut" REALLY Means (With A Video Of Models Strutting On The Runway & A Tik Tok Clip Of The "Runway Walk" Challenge

Fashion Channel, June 17, 2020

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AMAZING TIKTOK STRUT CHALLENGE



TikTok Compilations, May 12, 2020

Credit given to all TikTok users.
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This is one of the latest tik tok clips featuring people walking (strutting) as models. This tik tok challenge is referred to as "Runway Walk Challenge (Anime Is An Important Part Of Our Culture). Information about that challenge is given below.
 
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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents definitions of the word "strut" and showcases a video of models strutting and a video of people strutting (walking) like models.

Information about the May 2020 "Runway Walk" Challenge (Anime Is An Important Part Of Our Culture) is also included in this post.

The Addendum to this post presents information about and YouTube links to two additional songs that include the word "strut". 

The content of this post is presented for cultura, linguistic, and entertainment purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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My interest in this subject was sparked by the 1921 African American song "Strut Miss Lizzie".
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/09/1921-ragtime-song-strut-miss-lizzie.html for the 2020 pancocojams post entitled "1921 Ragtime Song "Strut Miss Lizzie" (with YouTube Examples, Lyrics, & Lyric Explanations)"

"Strut Miss Lizzie" is the main source of the African American children's singing games "This A Way  Valerie" which is also know as "Here We Go Zudio", "Here We Go Willowbee" and other titles. Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/05/here-we-go-zoodio-zudie-o-zudiozodiac_8.html  for Part II of a 2017 pancocojams series on "Here We Go Zudio". That post showcases some YouTube videos of "Here We Go Zudio". Part I of that series provides some text (word only) examples of those games. 

Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/09/information-about-cake-walk-with-1903.html  for a 2020 pancocojams post on the 19th African American strutting dance known as The Cakewalk.     

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DEFINITIONS OF THE WORD "STRUT"
From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strut
"strut"
"intransitive verb
2a: to walk with a proud gait
2b: to walk with a pompous and affected air

[...]

noun
2. a pompous step or walk
3. arrogant behavior : SWAGGER"

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From https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/strut
"Someone who struts walks in a proud way, with their head held high and their chest out, as if they are very important."
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The lyrics "strut your stuff" are included in the 1921 (African American) Ragtime song "Strut Miss Lizzie". African Americans still often use that phrase. In "strut your stuff" the words "your stuff" means "your  your whole self (which also includes your spirit/attitude)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE "RUNWAY WALK" CHALLENGE (ALSO KNOWN AS "ANIME IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CULTURE")
"The Runway Walk" Challenge ("Anime Is An Important Part Of Our Culture") appears to be the latest tik tok challenge featuring everyday people (non-models) walking (strutting) as models. 

According to a note posted on https://genius.com/Unknown-artist-anime-is-an-important-part-of-our-culture-lyrics by ItsaJessMess  666 (posted in August 2020), the few seconds of recording that is used for this tik tok challenge ..."It’s a mix of the song Nursery by bbno$ and dialogue from the anime Danganronpa (3- Despair Arc)".
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Here's a definition of "anime" from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime:
"a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes".

Here's the words from that record as found in that genius.com page: 

[Ryota Mitarai]

Anime is an important part of our culture!

[Junko Enoshima]

Awe look at him tremble!

He's gonna burst a blood vessel 'cause I dissed his waifu”

[bbno$ & Junko]

Don't you like it when these diamonds look like respect?

(Junko Enoshima!)

Come a lil' closer sussy boy and inspect (Skrrt, skrrt)

Sip a lil' Henny that's a cause and effect"
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Here's a definition of "waifu" from https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waifu#:~:text=waifu%20(plural%20waifu%20or%20waifus,to%20whom%20one%20is%20attracted

"Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ワイフ (waifu), in turn derived from English wife, from Middle English wif, wiif, wyf, from Old English wīf (“woman, female, lady, wife”), from Proto-Germanic *wībą (“woman, wife”), popularized by 4chan."

 Synonyms: wife, wifey"

ItsaJessMess 666 also wrote that the recording used for the tik tok challenges "was an edit made and popularized on tiktok for all you otakus and unfortunately the normies as well…

Here's a definition of "otaku" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku#:~:text=Otaku%20(Japanese%3A%20%E3%81%8A%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F%20or%20%E3%82%AA%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF,particularly%20in%20anime%20and%20manga.&text=The%20definition%20of%20otaku%20subsequently,numerous%20classifications%20of%20otaku%20emerged.

“Otaku (Japanese: おたく or オタク) is a Japanese term for people with consuming interests, particularly in anime and manga. Its contemporary use originated with Akio Nakamori's 1983 essay in Manga Burikko.[1][2] Otaku may be used as a pejorative; its negativity stemming from a stereotypical view of otaku as social outcasts and the media's reporting on Tsutomu Miyazaki, "The Otaku Murderer", in 1989. According to studies published in 2013, the term has become less negative, and an increasing number of people now identify themselves as otaku,[3] both in Japan and elsewhere."

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ADDENDUM- TWO OTHER AMERICAN RECORDS THAT INCLUDE THE WORD "STRUT".

1. Soulful Strut 
Information about this R&B instrumental from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_the_Same_Girl#:~:text=Although%20Barbara%20Acklin%20recorded%20the,went%20to%20%231%20in%20Canada.
"Am I the Same Girl?" is a popular song written by Eugene Record and Sonny Sanders. First recorded in 1968 by Barbara Acklin, "Am I the Same Girl?" charted most successfully in the US as a 1992 release by Swing Out Sister. However, the song had its greatest impact as a 1968–69 instrumental hit single by Young-Holt Unlimited under the title "Soulful Strut".

Background

Although Barbara Acklin recorded the song first, producer Carl Davis removed her voice from the track, replaced it with a piano solo by Floyd Morris, and released the resultant track in November 1968 as "Soulful Strut" credited to Young-Holt Unlimited; it became a #3 hit in the United States and went to #1 in Canada.[1] It became a gold record. Neither Eldee Young nor Red Holt is believed to have played on the track, which was the work of session musicians identified only as the Brunswick Studio Band.[2] Acklin's version was released in February 1969 and reached #33 on the R&B chart, crossing over and peaking at #79 on the pop listing.[3]

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From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKYgtwsqnxs&ab_channel=LarryHinze
"USA #3 BILLBOARD, 1968 Young-Holt Unlimited (also known as Young-Holt Trio), were a U.S. soul and jazz instrumental musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois, United States. Drummer Isaac "Red" Holt and bassist Eldee Young, formerly members of Ramsey Lewis' jazz trio, formed a new outfit called the Young-Holt Trio with pianist Don Walker in 1966. They met with modest success, including the minor hit with "Wack-Wack", which charted at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1968, the group renamed itself Young-Holt Unlimited, and replaced Walker with Ken Chaney. Under their new name, the group scored a number three Hot 100 hit with "Soulful Strut," the backing instrumental track from Barbara Acklin's "Am I the Same Girl." "Soulful Strut" sold a million copies with the gold record awarded by the RIAA in January 1969, less than 3 months after the track's release. Follow-up releases failed to match the commercial success of "Soulful Strut", and the group disbanded by 1974, with Young and Holt continuing to play in Chicago small bands."...

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2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ04gPb4LlY&ab_channel=todrickhall

Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels by Todrick Hall

todrickhall, May 23, 2019

WARNING: This song includes profanity and sexually explicit references.

Here's the lyrics to that song that include the word "strut":
"Girl, what did that girl just say, girl?
Girl, I don't dance, I work
I don't play, I slay
I don't walk I strut, strut, strut and then sashay (okay)"

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