floss
the floss – sostantivo
flossing – sostantivo
If all the people doing The Floss actually started using dental floss, oral hygiene levels would be through the roof.
Last November, a camera caught Danson learning “the floss” while he was waiting to film a scene for The Good Place.
[He alleges] they breached his copyright for including his signature dance move “flossing” in their wildly popular game Fortnite.
Se il dentista vi parla del floss con tutta probabilità si sta riferendo al filo interdentale e non al tormentone globale degli ultimi tempi, la strana danza chiamata appunto floss o flossing. Braccia distese lungo i fianchi, pugni stretti e un oscillare sempre più rapido, ancheggiando, da un lato all’altro: questa mossa è stata ripresa da famosi calciatori, tennisti e altri sportivi come danza della vittoria trasformandola in una tendenza mondiale, soprattutto dopo che la floss dance è stata inclusa in un popolare videogioco (attualmente oggetto di causa legale relativa a una presunta violazione dei diritti d’autore).
Origini del termine
I primi video di flossing risalgono al 2010 ma la danza è esplosa a livello internazionale quando Russell Horning, anche noto come ‘Backpack Kid’, un ragazzino che spopola su Instagram, ha incluso la mossa nei suoi video nel 2016; dopo che Russell è stato invitato a ballare la sua floss dance durante l’esibizione della cantante Katy Perry nel programma tv Saturday Night Live, il fenomeno è diventato virale.
Traduzione di Loredana Riu
the floss – noun
flossing – noun
If all the people doing The Floss actually started using dental floss, oral hygiene levels would be through the roof.
Last November, a camera caught Danson learning “the floss” while he was waiting to film a scene for The Good Place.
[He alleges] they breached his copyright for including his signature dance move “flossing” in their wildly popular game Fortnite.
When your dentist tells you to make sure you floss, he or she is recommending that you clean between your teeth using a type of thin tape called dental floss. They are almost certainly not recommending that you swing your arms, fists clenched, from the back of your body to the front and back again while at the same time swinging your hips from side to side. This is also called flossing and is the latest in a long line of dance trends that start among a small group before spreading globally thanks to the internet.
The connection between the two is that, when performed correctly, the floss looks very much as if you are flossing not your teeth, but another part of your anatomy altogether.
Origin
The first videos of flossing date from 2010, but the dance became an international hit when an Instagram-famous teenager called Russell Horning, also known as the backpack kid, started including it in his dance videos in 2016. The subsequent invitation to perform the dance on Saturday Night Live alongside Katy Perry while she performed her song Swish Swish turned the craze into a global phenomenon.
