go-go
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See also gogo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)),[1] partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go.[2][3]
Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia go-go (uncountable)
- (music) A style of funk music from the 1970s.
[edit] Adjective
go-go (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to this style of music.
- Of, or relating to the style of music played at discotheques.
- Fast and lively.
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[edit] References
- ^ “go-go” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
- ^ “go-go” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- ^ “go” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
go-go
[edit] Declension
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Declension of go-go (type maa)
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