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lambada

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lam·ba·da  (lm-bäd, läm-bädä)
n.
1. A Brazilian ballroom dance in which the partners press against each other tightly and gyrate sensually.
2. Music for performing this dance.

[Portuguese, beating, lashing, from past participle of lambar, to beat, variant of lombar, probably from lombo, side, flank (of a horse), from Latin lumbus, loin.]


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The lap dance could replace the Lambada as the forbidden dance under a ``no-touch'' proposal for adult businesses, recommended Monday by the city attorney and a City Council panel.
Yet Harring, a former Miss USA winner who appeared on the Aaron Spelling production Sunset Beach and began her feature film career in genre works such as Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 and the lambada epic The Forbidden Dance, was tree to her optimistic nature: "I kept calling Naomi and David telling them, 'I know it isn't dead.
Affiliated school: The San Francisco Dance Center, offering classes in ballet, flamenco, hip-hop, modem, tap, jazz, Brazilian, lambada, body alignment, and body work.
 
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