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#150997 11/25/05 05:18 PM
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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:
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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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#151001 11/26/05 01:51 PM
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If this were Hogwash would I get points?

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