Also in September , " Twerk " from the MTV VMA show was named the Top Television Word of the Year ( Teleword ) of the 2012 – 2013 TV season by the Global Language Monitor . In October 2013 , American actress Beth Behrs , of American television sitcom '' 2 Broke Girls '' , was seen twerking on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' . Behrs was later seen twerking to the 1992 hit " Baby Got Back " , in January 2014 , during the 40th annual awards ceremony of the '' People 's Choice Awards '' , which she hosted alongside her co-star Kat Dennings . The fifth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series '' Glee '' , which aired November 13 , 2013 and was titled " The End of Twerk " , revolved around the twerking phenomenon . The seventh episode of the second season of the American reality television series '' Bad Girls All-Star Battle '' , which aired February 25 , 2014 and was titled " Twerk It Out " , featured the contestants twerking as fast as possible with pedometers on their back
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40th People's Choice Awards
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