Electric Boogaloo

See also: electric boogaloo

English

WOTD – 19 December 2024

Etymology

From the title of the film Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel to Breakin’ (1984), from electric boogaloo (“type of freestyle, improvised street dance emphasizing fluid movements of the joints and limbs combined with popping”): see more at boogaloo (“genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms; style of dance to this music; type of freestyle, improvisational street dance incorporating soulful steps and robotic movements; etc.”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌlɛktɹɪk ˈbuːɡəˌluː/, /-ˌbuːɡəˈluː/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌlɛktɹɪk ˈbuɡəˌlu/, /iˌlɛktɹɪk-/, /-ˌbʊɡəˈlu/
• Rhymes: -uː (one pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: Electr‧ic Boo‧ga‧loo

Proper noun

Electric Boogaloo

1. (humorous) Used as the subtitle of an imagined sequel of a film, television show, etc.
   • 2004 June, Wil Wheaton, “Epilogue: Hooters 2: Electric Boogaloo”, in Brett McLaughlin, editor, Just a Geek, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 223:

     Epilogue: Hooters 2: Electric Boogaloo [chapter title] A few weeks before this book went to press, I met my best friend Darin for lunch in Old Town. […] We met at the usual place [Hooters], ahead of the lunchtime rush, so we could sit wherever we liked.

   • 2007 April, Kory Grow, quoting James Murphy, “The Art of Discomfort: LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy Explains How to Appreciate the Sound of Silver”, in Kenny Herzog, editor, CMJ New Music Monthly, number 146, New York, N.Y.: CMJ Network, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:

     But I just wanted to feel like I was stepping outside of my box. It's a different time in history. I can't go, "And I'm from Mars!" without it being Bowie II: Electric Boogaloo, except fat.

   • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel [pseudonym], 00:24 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet – Battle of Texel 1918‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-08-04:

     Given that we're essentially looking at The Battle of Jutland 2: Electric Boogaloo, let's start out by looking at what had changed on both sides since that confrontation in 1916.

   • 2021, George Michael, “Lockdowns, Riots, and a Contested Election—Could the 2020 Crises Reinvigorate the US Far Right?”, in Alan Waring, editor, The New Authoritarianism, volume 3 (A Risk Analysis of the Corporate/Radical-right Axis), Stuttgart, Baden-Wüttemberg: ibidem-Verlag, →ISBN, part 2 (Perspectives on the Corporate/Radical-right Axis), page 355:

     The term boogaloo was first used on 4chan in 2012, where the meme was often associated with references to "Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo", "race war", and "dotr" (day of the rope) […] A variety of ideologies organized under the Boogaloo umbrella, including libertarian anarchists, pro-gun, anti-government groups, as well as white nationalists and neo-Nazis.

Related terms

• boogaloo
• electric boogaloo

Translations

used as the subtitle of an imagined sequel of a film, etc.

• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• electric boogaloo (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• electric boogaloo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia