Dictionary

go-go en · ADJ

Etymology

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to this style of music.
2. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the style of music played at discotheques.
3. (not-comparable) Fast and lively.

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go-go en · NOUN

Etymology

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A style of funk music from the 1970s.

wikipedia: Whisky a Go Go

go-go en · VERB

Etymology

1964, US, partly from Whisky a Go Go, an influential American nightclub (in turn from French à gogo (“abundant”)), partly by reduplication of go, from 1962 slang the go (“the rage, fashionable”), from sense the go (“in motion”) as in on the go. Compare to French yéyé (yeah-yeah), of contemporary coinage.

Meanings

1. To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
   • Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?" 2002 September 20, 47:24 from the start, in The Whistleblower Who Changed History (podcast), spoken by Laura Palmer, published 2023 via WNYC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

go-go boot · go-go girl · go-go dancer · go-go juice · go-go fund

Relateds

à gogo

wikipedia: Whisky a Go Go