Why does rupaul say shantay you stay

RuPaul is African American, after all, and we African Americans are known to borrow cultural material from where ever and adapt it and transform it to our own purposes. Thanks for your comment, artlatinboy.

I'm going to "stand by" my previous comments about this subject. I just wanted to add that the word "shantay" in the expression "shantay you stay" does sound like "chantez", which means "sing! I mention "Chantez, you stay" which would mean "Sing! Singing actually was related to magic in Scandinavia; it was called Galdr. It was a female dominated "field", and the men who did it were considered "unmasculine". Drag queens aren't really "singing", but they're giving the "illusion" that they are see "The Realness" video by RuPaul.

Who knows. I just know Sasha Velour called herself a magical witch in the last episode rap-battle and she won and that when a queen wins a season previous winners, for some reason, greet the new queen with "welcome to the coven". Thanks for sharing your comments. I appreciate your points, particularly 3 and 4. I didn't know that "when a queen wins a season previous winners, for some reason, greet the new queen with "welcome to the coven". On point 3, the "grammar - grimoire - glamour" cluster was formed in English through the entry of the French word "grammaire" from Latin "grammatia" which comes from Greek "Grammatike tekhne": the art of letters on the 14th Century.

Obviously, Northern Europeans were not the only ones to make the link between "magic" and the use of words. Language does have its own power and all cultures have realized that because all have at least developed an oral tradition of storytelling. To me, that challenge wasn't really about the best verse in the technical sense, but about pure storytelling. And it makes sense since they were competing to be "inducted" into the "RPDR Hall of Fame": the story they sang rapped about themselves was a spell justification of why they should win.

Gay slang is, maybe non-intentionally, full of magical jargon, it seems. By human utterance or through the spoken word, human. It's a very interesting topic indeed! Was wondering about the meanings and found myself here. Just a comment maybe stated in the posts already. Didn't go through all of them. Thanks for your comment, Frank S. Here's what I think about this: "Shante" also spelled "Shantay" is a relatively familiar contemporary African American female name.

Words that are spelled the same or similarly may have different meanings. I would just like to add that "chasser" in French means "to get rid of", "to dispel" or even "to fire" or "to dismiss", "to banish". I've read the French explanation before Sashay, Shante, but I stand by my belief that when Ru Paul says it in his record and tv show, the word "sashay" refers to a sensuous manner of walking, and "Shante" is a female name.

There can be no denying that these words even as names were malapropisms taken from the French. In the 60s "Sashay" was a sort of derogatory term used by suburban American housewives to dismiss the sexual flirting of a rival "Did you see the way Helen sashayed around the room when she entered? Then there is the stereotypical view of poor people and black Americans who tried to sound educated who misuse or mispronounce words which they don't fully understand.

It is a complected joke to be in on, to purposefully use a Malaprop as if you didn't know the difference or even embrace the stereotype to deflate it. The content of this post is provided for cultural and aesthetic purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to RuPaul for his creativity.

Thanks also to all those who are featured on these videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post. Previously, he was a fixture on the Atlanta and New York City club scenes. Here's a video of that hit record. The music video was an unexpected success on MTV channels, as grunge and gangsta rap were popular at the time. The song peaked at 45 on the Billboard Hot It further charted on the UK Singles Chart, peaking on the top 40 at The song found the most success peaking at number 2 on the U.

Airplay, heavy rotation of the music video on the MTV network and television appearances on popular programs like The Arsenio Hall Show popularized the song. The premise of the program has several drag queens compete to be selected by RuPaul and a panel of judges as "America's next drag superstar".

RuPaul plays the roles of host, mentor, and source of inspiration for this series, which details RuPaul's search for "America's next drag superstar Common Sense Media commented, "RuPaul's Drag Race combines the fashion design drama of Project Runway with the modeling excitement of America's Next Top Model to create an entertainingly voyeuristic glimpse into the performance art world of drag queens.

The day before judging, the contestants are all provided with a song that they must learn the lyrics to. The contestants deemed as being the bottom two must "lip sync for their lives" to a song by a female artist in a final attempt to impress RuPaul. After the lip-sync, RuPaul alone decides who stays and who leaves" Hope never have to hear that just for you. However, that dance movement isn't the same movement that RuPaul refers to in his "Supermodel You Better Work " record.

The American vernacular meaning of "to sashay" is "to switch your hips while walking; to " to 'strut your stuff" to walk like you are on the catwalk, a fashion models' runway. I didn't know about that usage when I first published this post.

Thanks, Myron! He calls out as they walk "Shante, Shante Shante!! Dinwiddle-Boyd also writes that "Variations of this name [the name Chantel] are especially popular among contemporary black parents".

And, although it occurs much less often, the name "Shontae" spelled with an "s" is also given to males. In the early s a Black male who attended the same university as my daughter was named "Shonte".

It's likely that that name is a variation of the Irish name "Shawn" one of the many forms of the name "John". One answer: "It's a play on words from RuPaul's hit song "Supermodel". The song's chorus also features RuPaul repeating the phrase "Sashay! Used in a sentence: "She walked in and served Valley girl realness with that blonde hair. Used in a sentence: "As soon as she puts on that wig, makeup, and dress, she starts to serve fish.

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