Badonkadonk

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Badonkadonk is a slang term for a woman's buttocks that are voluptuously large yet firm. The term is based on the imagined rhythm of a sexy gait, an example of non-auditory onomatopoeia.<ref>Macdonald, Patrick. "After 7 albums, Trace Adkins gets noticed for bootylicious ode", The Seattle Times, 2006-03-17, p. I4. Retrieved on 2006-04-11.</ref>

Due to their excessive thinness many supermodels are not known for having a badonkadonk. However, some models such as Vida Guerra have become widely known due to the popularity of this feature.

[edit] Origin of the term

Originally, the word was hip hop slang.<ref>Sanneh, Kelefa. "Drawling Devotion to Snug Britches (login required)", New York Times, 2006-08-10. Retrieved on 2006-08-11.</ref> It first appeared in mass media in 2001 in a line by rapper Keith Murray in the song "Fatty Girl": "You got a 'Badoonkadoonk, girl, don't hurt nobody!"<ref>Fatty Girl Lyrics. Lyrics Directory.</ref> The term gained a wider audience in the fall of 2002 through Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's #2 hit "Work It" which includes the lyric "keep your eyes on my ba-bump-ba-bump-bump, and see if you can handle this ba-donk-a-donk-donk" .<ref>"De-badonkadonk v. less sexy gyrating: What's the word?", The Observer, 2003-09-07, p. 12.</ref>

Throughout the 2002 season of Crank Yankers, badonkadonk was a catchword of the character Spoonie Luv[1] voiced by comedian Tracy Morgan. Morgan explained the term during an appearance August 16, 2003 appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien as "one cheek goes up, badonkadonk; the other goes down, badonkadonk". The term was also featured as an example of black slang in "I Know Black People", a quiz show skit from the second season of Chappelle's Show.

[edit] Wider audience

The term gained a new audience in 2005 from "Honkytonk Badonkadonk", a number-one country and western song by Trace Adkins, about a denizen of a night club renowned for her dancing and her badonkadonk. Ironically, the dancing women in the CMT music video did not display most of the qualities traditionally associated with a 'badonkadonk'. This song illustrates how the term has moved beyond its African-American origins into the mainstream, although some listeners mistakenly assumed that Adkins had coined the term.<ref>Huntley, Helen. "Strawberry fest gets a taste of honky-tonk strut", St. Petersburg Times (Florida), 2006-03-13, p. 2B. Retrieved on 2006-04-11.</ref>

In the 2006 episode of the Showtime series Weeds, "Last Tango in Agrestic", the term is elucidated for the main character.