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>the go-go part what?! no one remembers go-go dancers? Nancy Sinatra in go-go boots.. These Boots Were Made for Walkin'
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no, I remember go-go boots, I'm just wondering where the term comes from? you know, like linguistically like...
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Well, chums, some say that go-go derived from the early 1960's slang expression "go" meaning popular, fashionable. Others that it derived from another slang expression meaning filled with power, energetic and vivacious. Still others think it sprang from the French phrase " à gogo" meaning abundant, plenty. Me, I think it had to do with Nancy Sinatra's boots.
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well, thanks all. got me a OneLookin'... from Encarta: Quote:
à gogo
à go·go
adjective Definitions: 1. bustling: in a whirl of activity The club was completely à gogo by nine in the evening.
2. galore: as much as anybody could want caviar à gogo
[Mid-20th century. < French, "joyfully" < en gogues (see agog) by repeating the go-]
I'm agog...
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If this were Hogwash would I get points?
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