nae nae

Meaning

Noun

• A hip-hop dance based on planting one's feet, swaying with shoulder movement, and placing one hand in the air and one hand down.

Origin

• , a sassy "ghetto girl" in the 1990s sitcom Martin. The Atlanta hip-hop group We Are Toonz is credited for inventing the term with their hit song Drop That NaeNae (2013).