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Music- Missy Elliot (featuring Ciara) -"Lose Control"
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcase a YouTube video of a young African American who stands up and begins to dance effortlessly when she spots herself being featured on the jumbotron (large television screen) at a sports event.
This post also documents the use in this February 2025 YouTube video discussion thread of "the hair is "hairing", "majorette" and some other African American Vernacular English (AAVE) words and saying that were new to me. This compilation also includes some other contemporary and relatively "old school" AAVE words and saying that I was already familiar with. Except for "the hair is hairing" and "majorette", these words and sayings are given without any definitions or explanatory notes.
In addition this pancocojams post documents examples of the positive opinions that commenters have about that woman's full and relatively un-styled natural hair.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the unknown woman who is showcased in this post for showing what it means to always be in a state of expectant readiness and then effortlessly doing your best if and when your turn comes. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
All of these comments were published from February 12-February 14, 2025.
These comments are presented in relative chronological order with the earliest dated comment given first, except for replies.
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCaGTmqXilU
Feb 12, 2025
1.@LordFrankieTheCat
"She understood the assignment and delivered 'A'plus work.❤π"
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2. @jerrakakinchen7749
"I love it..!!!❤when it's your turn .. you show
up ready..!!!ππΏπͺπΎ"
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3. @dreamgirl2872
"Our people are always ready!!! If I
wasn't black I might feel a way tooππ❤❤❤"
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4. @Kronicles_of_KimK
"ATEEEEEE DOWNNNNNNπ₯π₯π₯π₯π₯"
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5. @TrendingAtSomePoint
"π―π₯π₯π₯"
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6. @trinawashington9148
"Go girl"
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7. @ericahorne2804
"OKAY, HAIR ON PONT, MOVES DEFINITELY ON POINT AND NO ONE
OUTS BABY IN A CORNER. ❤❤❤"
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The word "pont" is a typo for "point".
The word "outs" is a typo for "puts".
The saying "No one puts baby in a corner" is from the movie Dirty Dancing. Here's part of Google Result's AI explanation of that saying:
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner" means that no one should be unfairly excluded or ignored. implying that a person deserves to be recognized for their talents and abilities, and should not be pushed aside or kept from shining; this phrase originates from the movie "Dirty Dancing" where the character Johnny Castle says it to defend Frances "Baby" Houseman"...
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8. @keshaclay3653
"The hair is Hairing!!! Beautiful ❤"
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Adding the suffix "ing" to the end of a noun means that what is named is fully being or doing what it was created to be or to do).
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"π
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10. @JudySanders-p9u
"She got down πππππππ"
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11. @marwingillett1452
"Bomb ass hair. She ate that down!!!"
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12. @nesshnessh1
"You go girl!! & Your hair is gorgeous!!"
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13. @HelloThankYouDeNada
"Most people here not able to recognise
it is staged"
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14. @brendahill6474
"Staged or not Sista danced like her
life depended on it."
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15. @clariseharrington8252
"Get it!"
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16. @mariejourdain77
"Everything is on points God bless you
queen"
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17. @theofficialnikkisnews
"I love her energy and that gorgeous
hair! ❤"
18.
"GIRRRRL DO THAT ISH ❤️π₯ BLACK GIRL MAGIC ✨
BLACK GIRLS ROCK π«ΆπΎππΎπ«ΆπΎ"
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19. @wakeupluv
"THAT'S RIGHT!!!! π π₯
π
πΎ
π―
π―"
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20. @DivineVirtuousWoman0
"Yessir π πππ To stand up and show out."
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21. @laurielynch265
"Cause hard work = a little
play❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ #shesawholevibe"
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22. @jazzmentroy5306
"The fact she appeared to be sly at first
Made this eat ....even more.....❤❤❤❤"
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The word "sly" in this comment probably is a typo for "shy".
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23. @Franktalk25
"Wow...fire π₯π₯π₯π₯"
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Feb 13, 2025
24. @ShowerStudios
"❤❤❤❤❤❤❤she did that very
well!!!!ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½"
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25. @camilleespy7395
"Ok majorette!"
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The word "majorette" in this comment and in comment #29 reflect that this woman's dancing in that sports arena stands remind those commenters of majorette dance lines (groups) that are auxiliaries of Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching bands. These comments highlight where the woman was dancing and not how she was dancing i.e. the HBCU majorette dancers and other majorette dancers -such as the dancers in the television show Bring It - don't emphasize hand motions like the woman did in her performance.)
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-history-of-majorette-dance-lines.html "The History Of Majorette Dance Lines (a performance art that originated at historically Black American universities)" for a 2021 pancocojams post about these HBCU dance lines. Majorette dance groups originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s from HBCU marching bands' baton twirling divisions. HBCU majorette dancers are mostly known for their iconic dance routines that are performed in the stands (bleachers) to the accompaniment of the band's live music throughout competitive athletic games.
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26. @jeffersonkeith8761
"She said this is my chance - I'm moving from maintenance to cheerleader"
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27. @ricosha
"SLAY SIS ❤❤❤"
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28. @Nurse.Addison
"She not only understood the assignment, she is the
instructor who wrote it! YOU GO GIRL!!!
Black Excellence...beauuuuuuuuuutiful hair!"
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29. @CallieSpeakz
"πWe are truly some
beautiful people! Look at this flawless diva! You better come through
majorette…. ππ½ ππ½"
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30. @SafarievianGKLT
It's giving exactly that!❤
31.
"She’s so beautiful π God Bless
this beautiful young Black Queen π«
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32. @Lirra-p2c
"I FELT THIS COMMENT!!! YESSAH"
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33. @miriamplacide6519
"YESSS MAMA!!!!!!!❤"
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34. @nataliebabineaux710
"Get it baby"
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35. @valeriebaity385
"Her hair is beautiful! And she is so
cute! Work it girl!"
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36. @MZEBARSTAR
"She did that yesSsss"
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37. @empresslove2211
"She’s so beautiful π God Bless
this beautiful young Black Queen π«
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38. @valeriebaity385
"Her hair is beautiful! And she is so
cute! Work it girl!"
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39. @beautythroughtea
"Too cute π₯°"
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Feb 14, 2025
40. @MsKema112
"Aaaaayyyyyeeeee ❤"
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41. @COOKINGWITHQUI
"Ayeee ayeee get Girlllll"
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42. @angelamitchell6657
"GO GIRL!! You never have to get ready when you stay ready!❤"
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With regard to comment #8's "the hair is hairing", I wondered when the custom started of adding "ing" to a noun to make it a verb. I googled that question and found this 2011 podcast:
ReplyDelete" “To Thing”: A New Verb
Jeff Carreira March 2, 2011Philosophy
Thing (v). to thing, thinging. 1. To create an object by defining a boundary around some portion of reality separating it from everything else and then labeling that portion of reality with a name.
One of the greatest human skills is the ability to thing. We are thinging beings. We thing all the time. We started by thinging the natural world. We saw a tall plant and we defined that kind of a plant as a “tree.” We thinged it. Then we looked at some of the appendages sticking off the tree and we defined them as branches. And the flat green bits that sprout from them we called leaves. A tree is a thing that includes branches and leaves. Branches are things that often include leaves, but not always. Leaves are things that grow on branches and trees but are independent of them.
Yes, yes, you might think, but we are not really “thinging” after all trees, branches and leaves already existed before we named them. We are not creating things we are just labeling things that already exist. Ahhh…but that is the question. Did the things that we named exist before they were named? Or more precisely, in what sense did they exist before they were named, and how did their existence change after they were named?"...
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This may not be the earliest use of the custom of adding "ing" to a noun to make a new verb. Does anyone know of an earlier use of that noun + "ing strategy?
I decided to check out my "friend" urban dictionary.com and found a definition for "thinging" which doesn't have the same meaning as that which is given above but ....here it is:
Deletehttps://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Thinging
Thinging
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n. \ΛthiΕiΕ\ - In a relationship, the intersection between being a "thing" and just being a "fling". A not-so-serious level of dating, that is still more serious than a one-night-stand or a quick relationship. Usually, it occurs when good friends become something more.
"Is Kayla dating that guy now? I thought they were just friends..."
"No, they aren't dating, they are just thinging now."
by Niork777 February 17, 2009