get sturdy

English

Etymology

The term is a reference to a line from the hip-hop song Dior by Pop Smoke: "Oh, you feelin' sturdy, huh? (You feelin' sturdy, man)", released July 26, 2019. The term was popularized around early 2022.

Verb

get sturdy (third-person singular simple present gets sturdy, present participle getting sturdy, simple past got sturdy, past participle got sturdy or gotten sturdy)

1. (slang) To perform a dance (originating in New York drill music culture) which involves repeatedly hopping and kicking the air.
   • 2022 November 21, Tionah Lee‍, “North West Is Joined by Lizzo for Fun TikTok Dance”, in Entertainment Tonight‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-12-27:

     Lizzo had some help getting sturdy after her recent concert! In a video -- posted on her TikTok account -- North West and her best friend, Ryan, joined the GRAMMY-winning singer backstage during her show in Inglewood, California, over the weekend.

   • 2023 August 10, Kyle Denis, “15 Musicians Who Have Streamed With Kai Cenat: Drake, Ice Spice, 21 Savage & More”, in Billboard‎^[2], Cincinnati, O.H.: Billboard Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03:

     During one especially viral in stream in April, Raleigh (via Syracuse) rapper Toosii uncovered a curious stain on Cenat's carpet while dancing with him in his room. Thanks to hilarious footage of the two stars getting sturdy and attempting backflips, Toosii's stream was a particularly memorable one in Cenat's catalogue.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get,‎ sturdy.
   • 2014 March 27, Maria Shriver, quoting Sara Horowitz, “Sara Horowitz On Moving From Consumption to Connection”, in NBC News‎^[3], archived from the original on 2023-03-08:

     And now that our institution is really getting sturdy we want to start talking about the social movement of change.