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”)),[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.
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 [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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.