go-go
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English
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.
Noun
go-go (uncountable)
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.
Verb
go-go (third-person singular simple present go-gos, present participle go-going, simple past and past participle go-goed)
- To dance to this style of music, with the aim to entertain
- 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 29-6-2023:
- Then he looked at me with all earnestness and said to me, "Miss, Laura, would you go-go for me?"
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ “go-go”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “go-go”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “go”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
go-go
Declension
| Inflection of go-go (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | go-go | — | |
| genitive | go-gon | — | |
| partitive | go-gota | — | |
| illative | go-goon | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | go-go | — | |
| accusative | nom. | go-go | — |
| gen. | go-gon | ||
| genitive | go-gon | — | |
| partitive | go-gota | — | |
| inessive | go-gossa | — | |
| elative | go-gosta | — | |
| illative | go-goon | — | |
| adessive | go-golla | — | |
| ablative | go-golta | — | |
| allative | go-golle | — | |
| essive | go-gona | — | |
| translative | go-goksi | — | |
| abessive | go-gotta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “go-go”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English go-go (“go-go”).
Noun
go-go
Further reading
- “go-go” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.