DAB
A celebratory dance move in which the dancer drops their head into the crook of one bent elbow while extending the other arm up and out at an angle, as if sneezing.
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A celebratory dance move in which the dancer drops their head into the crook of one bent elbow while extending the other arm up and out at an angle, as if sneezing. Popularised in 2015 by NFL players and rapper Cam Newton, briefly mandatory in school playgrounds worldwide, and now mostly used ironically to mark a "small win" online.
just fixed the bug, dabbing at my desk rn
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