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default dance
or defaultdance or dance moves [dih-fawlt dans]
What does default dance mean?
Default dance means your life has no meaning and you are a noob so get rekt.
Where does default dance come from?
Default dance is a Fortnite dance emote that can be sold to players.
Recently, it’s been revealed that Fortnite creators stole the dance from Donald Faison’s character Turk from the show Scrubs. Donald said he made up the dance late one night on set … but Fortnite took it and now his “Poison” dance is basically forgotten forever. Because Fortnite.
Except now the dance is gone from the game … so who’s winning?
Examples of default dance
Who uses default dance?
Pretty much everyone uses the name default dance … or actually does the dance themselves. Sorry, Turk. Even more now that it’s gone …
So we got 4 dances being removed because of the creators suing Epic Games.
1. The Default Dance
2. Fresh
3. Floss
4. Swipe It
What's next?— Vic (@NVicster) December 18, 2018
Legends say if you default dance into your mirror at 3:AM, default skin will murder you in your sleep
— Lisa Sherwood (@phantasmtrap) December 8, 2018
The default dance is now removed from Fortnite. The game is officially dead.
— Jolly G ☃️ (@LegendaryPace) November 25, 2018
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