Clive Palmer is twerking. It's over.

CLIVE Palmer and Ray Hadley have jumped on the bandwagon. There is no clearer sign that twerking is on the way out. But if you STILL don't get it, we explain.

CLIVE Palmer is twerking. It's officially over.

Ray Hadley twerked in the 2GB studio this morning. Over.

On Channel Nine's Today show this morning - at the behest of Karl Stefanovic - finance editor Ross Greenwood twerked during his Money Minute. Yes, it is definitely over.

If @KRuddMP & @TonyAbbottMHR won't debate me lets have a twerk off - they're used to twisting and turning @kyleandjackieo #twerking #auspol

— Clive Palmer (@CliveFPalmer) August 27, 2013

Miley Cyrus's obsession with the dance craze has been going on for months, but thanks to her raunchy performance at yesterday's MTV Video Music Awards even Australian media personalities in their 50s are jumping on the bandwagon.

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If you STILL don't know what 'twerking' is, or how one 'twerks', let us explain.

Wikipedia tells us this: "Twerking is a dance move that involves a person shaking their upper hips and lower hips in an up and down bouncing motion, causing them to shake, wobble and jiggle."

Whatever possessed Miley to bend over and shake it in front of Robin Thicke, we'll never know.

The favourable dance routine has popped up in her other music videos, including for her latest single, We Can't Stop. (Scroll to 1:20) 

Enter your favourite danceclub on a Saturday night and it seems everyone is 'doing the twerk' these days.

"Twerking is popular as a dance style as everyone wants to be fit. It's a lot more fun to dance around and twerk than to run on a treadmill", Chloe Pucher, studio owner of Jazz it up Dance Dynamics in Caringbah tells news.com.au.

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"The twerk style is related to hip hop and in today's day and age hip hop is one of the most popular styles of dance around the world," the 21-year-old dance instructor says, adding that everyone loves to follow what the celebrities are doing.

But for those of us who are a tad on the challenged side when it comes to busting a move, perhaps we should just stick to Prancercise?

Have you tried twerking?

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