The dab is a dance move or gesture that originated in the Atlanta hip-hop scene in the 2010s). It involves a person dropping their head into the bent crook of a slanted, upwardly angled arm, while raising the opposite arm out straight in a parallel direction). The dab gained popularity in mid-2014 after being performed by rap group Migos during a performance in Massachusetts). The dab became even more popular in American sports following an eight-second celebratory dab by Cam Newton, football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, during a game against the Tennessee Titans on November 15, 2015). Today, the dab is both a dance move and a statement, and the culture behind it has been propagated by celebrity use and memes). Many dancers incorporate the move in their repertoire as a minor addition to a set, and it is usually used to mark a drop). The dab is also being used as a generalized term to say that someone is self-assured.