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Etymology
Reduplication of boogie (“party”), of unknown origin.
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boogie-woogie (countable and uncountable, plural boogie-woogies)
- (music) A style of blues piano music.
- (dance) A style of swing dance.
1953, Ahmet Ertegun (lyrics and music), “Mess Around”, performed by Ray Charles:Ah, everybody was juiced, you can bet your soul / They did the boogie-woogie with a sturdy roll
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