go-goadj.²n.³

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: go v.

Etymology: Reduplication of go v. Compare go v. 18. In later use probably influenced by a-go-go adj.The following may possibly represent early examples of sense A. 1a, but evidence of continuity of use is lacking:1923 A. Rogers & C. L. Roberts (title of song) Go-go bug.1923 A. Rogers & C. L. Roberts Go-Go Bug (song) Keeps that spring in your step Puts that ping in your pep You'll stay fit an' keep hittin' once you're bitten by the Go-Go Bug.1942 B. L. Crump (title) Bo-Bo the go-go squirrel.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.² (chiefly attributive).

a. Displaying or characterized by boundless energy, incessant activity, unrestrained enthusiasm, vigour, etc.Earliest found in the nickname Go Go Sox given to the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

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1951 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 27 June 16/1 (headline) ‘Go, Go, Sox’ increase American League edge.

1951 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Register-News 12 July 10/6 If the go-go guys from Chicago have another charge left, the time to blast it has come.

1963 Fergus Falls (Minnesota) Daily Jrnl. 23 Mar. 6/2 Cloquet was its usual go-go self Friday night, only some of the fizz was missing.

1965 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 25 Apr. f5/3 Carole's own name for the glasses is ‘Go-Go Goggles’. Why? ‘Because they make me feel very go-go! Speeded up! Moving fast!’

1990 Film Monthly Apr. 28/4 It's what director Steven Spielberg puts into it that makes this yet another rip-roaring adventure... It's go-go drama all the way.

2007 M. Joulwan Rollergirl i. 2 It was the go-go life that I had dreamed of in college.

b. Displaying or characterized by initiative, enterprise, or adventurousness, esp. in matters of finance or business; ‘go-ahead’. Of an investment, stock exchange fund, etc.: speculative.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities

unissued1703

preferable1837

ordinary1866

pre-preference1867

gilt-edge1880

gilt-edged1881

unlisted1882

voting1883

assented1907

voteless1908

senior1914

well-traded1936

medium-dated1943

off-board1943

go-go1966

unquoted1969

alpha1984

gamma1986

1966 Washington Post 7 Mar. c12/5 (advt.) Your future lives [sic] with Washington's fastest growing go-go company in the newest field.

1967 Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel 20 Feb. 2/5 In recent months and years, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on the ‘go-go’ funds.

1969 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 3 This will not make our fund any less ‘go-go’; our aim has always been to concentrate on genuine long-term growth stocks.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Dec. 7/3 The go-go countries that are increasing their borrowings, such as Brazil, Mexico or Indonesia.

1989 P. Lynch One Up on Wall St. 33 That fund..was one of the famous go-go funds of this famous go-go era.

1995 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 29/1 [He] built a go-go personal finance business.

2007 N. Capon Marketing Mavens ix. 247 Most competitors were not emphasizing protection but were stuck in go-go growth pitches.

2. Fashionable, stylish, chic. Cf. go adj. 2. Now rare.

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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective]

in (also into) request?1574

bonfacion1584

fashional?1607

of request1613

fashionablea1627

à la mode1642

all the mode1651

modish1661

in mode1664

timeish1676

of vogue1678

voguea1695

mody1701

alamodic1753

much the mode1767

tonish1778

go1784

stylish1800

bang-up1810

tippy1810

varmint1823

up to the knocker1844

gyvera1866

OK1869

fly1879

swagger1879

doggy1885

faddy1885

fantoosh1920

voguish1927

voguey1928

à la page1930

go1937

hard1938

hip1939

down1952

swinging1958

a-go-go1960

way-in1960

yé-yé1960

trendy1962

with-it1962

go-go1963

happening1965

mod1965

funky1967

together1968

fash1977

cred1987

1963 N.Y. Times 1 Dec. 141 (advt.) Vera's sassy Orlon ‘go-go’ top.

1964 Punch 8 July 38/1 It's fab..and withitly gogo.

1965 Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder-Gaz. 6 Dec. 9/7 As for the clothing designs, the first ones down the curving staircase..were go-go models for teen-agers, such as a clear plastic coat over a bikini bathing suit.

1981 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. b3 (advt.) Tri-color ski jackets: two go-go styles with nylon shells puffed out with polyfill.

B. n.³

Energy, enthusiasm; = go-go-go n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss

to-doc1330

adoc1380

great (also much) cry and little woolc1460

feery-fary1535

fray1568

stirc1595

do1598

coil1599

hurl1603

ruffle1609

clutterment1611

buzz1628

bustle1637

paddle1642

racket1644

clutter1652

tracas1656

tracasserie1656

circumference1667

flutter1667

hurly-burly1678

fuss1701

fissle1719

fraise1725

hurry-scurry1753

fix-fax1768

fal-lal1775

widdle1789

touse1792

fuffle1801

going-on1817

hurry and scurry1823

sputter1823

tew1825

Bob's-a-dying1829

fidge1832

tamasha1842

mulling1845

mussing1846

fettling1847

fooster1847

trade1854

scrimmage1855

carry-on1861

fuss-and-feathers1866

on-carry1870

make-a-do1880

miration1883

razzle-dazzle1885

song and dance1885

to get a rustle on1891

tea-party1903

stirabout1905

whoop-de-do1910

chichi1928

production1941

go-go1966

1966 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 Feb. 24/3 While they may not have all the ‘zip’ they'd like, they have a lot more ‘go-go’ than most folks our age.

1973 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/1 I can't provide much go-go anymore, but I can provide hope and encouragement.

2006 S. Marcussen 2000 Carats iii. xxii. 309 They loved the comradeship and to be with younger people charged up with lots of go-go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

go-goadj.³n.²

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: a-go-go adj.

Etymology: Apparently shortened < a-go-go adj., probably with semantic influence from go-go adj.² and (in later use) from go-go n.³ Compare go-go v.Compare the following slightly earlier example, in which GoGo denotes a specific kind of dance (compare also quot. 1964 at go-go v.):1964 Time 20 Mar. 6/3 The GoGo is the product of Los Angeles' two-month-old discothèque, the Whisky à Go Go... The head arcs back and forth, the arms chop up and down... And the bodies, glued together abdomen to abdomen, endlessly twist, twitch and bounce.

Originally U.S.

A. adj.³ (attributive).

a. Originally: designating or relating to a type of nightclub or discotheque in which dancers are employed, esp. to dance in a sexually provocative or erotic way. Later more generally: designating or relating to sexually provocative or erotic dancing, or the clothing worn by such dancers, or (now somewhat dated) to disco dancing or dancers. Cf. a-go-go adj. 1b.Quot. 1964¹ may possibly be an example of go-go adj.² 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [adjective]

danceable1859

snake-hip1932

a-go-go1964

go-go1964

1964 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 30 July 34/4 Dayton Allen and Bernie Kopell join Steve [Allen] in a chuckle-filled ‘Allen Report to the Nation on Go-Go Nightclubs’.

1964 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 23 Aug. (Midland Empire Mag.) 3 (advt.) Come, see this collection of ‘Disc’ [= discotheque] dresses from the go-everywhere afternoon dress to the more extreme ‘Go Go’ versions.

1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 1 Oct. a25/2 The newest [craze] is dancing to records in swank spots... The Lafayette Hotel will get into the act Friday night by opening its Go Go Room.

1965 Billboard 16 Oct. 73/2 (caption) Juke box is employed in show-window tie-in with go-go dancing shows in this Kitty Kelly Shoe Corp. outlet in New York.

1966 H. Nielsen After Midnight (1967) xii. 149 The room exploded into a wild go-go beat.

1970 Jet 28 May 10 The next craze in go-go bars could be live acts of sexual intercourse on stage, some officials believe.

1982 J. Sharkey Your Flake or Mine? ii. 67 The mini-dress..is far too short for her, barely concealing the lower part of her go-go outfit.

1999 Vanity Fair Apr. 280/2 Otherwise forgettable except for an equally brief glimpse of Sinatra dancing in a go-go cage.

2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 Apr. 95/2 ‘It never occurred to me that go-go dancing is something sleazy or untoward in any way,’ Steele says, explaining that he started after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College.

b. spec. used to designate a person associated with such a venue, or who dances in this manner; as go-go dancer, go-go girl, (later also) go-go boy.

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1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 1 Oct. e2/9 (advt.) Cocktail hostess needed for glamour sport..Go-go dancers needed also.

1964 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. iv. 9/3 On Friday and Saturday nights, from 9 p.m. on, wild Watusi go-go girls to dance with.

1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 129 I'd heard that it was not only a Dancing Bar, but a Dancing Bar with go-go boys.

1978 S. Brill Teamsters iv. 124 Bold signs..advertise ‘go-go girls’ and ‘live dancers’.

1984 A. Thomas Intertidal Life (1986) i. 81 His old lady had been a topless go-go dancer and now had something terribly wrong with her feet.

1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) iv. 149 On a dais a go-go boy in a white towel was dancing.

2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 44/1 Watch the go-go dancers get busy on the bar for horned-up patrons with fistfuls of $$.

2012 Vanity Fair June 127/1 I found out in the National Enquirer that he was once a go-go boy, a male stripper.

c. go-go boot n. Fashion (usually in plural) a type of women's boot popular in the 1960s, typically made of brightly-coloured vinyl or leather, reaching high up the calf, and having a low heel.In quot. 1963 a formal shoe designed to be worn by schoolboys, the name perhaps influenced by go-go adj.²

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > other

wooldingc1425

go-go boot1965

1963 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 26 Aug. 5 (advt.) ‘The Go-Go Boot’ Slip-on with new cube toe, tapered rubber heel, compo-flex soles. In ebony black.]

1965 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 17/4 Gimbels... A GoGo Boot à la Paris, with back zipper.

1965 Washington Post 27 Aug. c4/1 (advt.) Dream or be seen in this new, seamed-for-shape shift and pajama..with go-go boots a la Coureges!

1967 Targets for Tomorrow 69 Our fine Dutch girls would undoubtedly prefer to swing in go-go boots and miniskirt.

1976 Jet 11 Mar. 56 One lady dresses in white satin, à la Billie Holiday, another sister wears go-go boots and miniskirts.

1983 P. Yates Blondes 115/2 There were the really triff blondes who had Mary Quant white go-go boots with built-in see-through heels.

2011 H. Landalf Flyaway vii. 57 I'm glad I took the time to change into my red vinyl skirt, leopard print top, and white go-go boots.

2. Designating a style of dance music originating in Washington, D.C., characterized by a persistent funk beat, using a mixture of acoustic and electronic instruments, and typically involving call-and-response interaction between performers and audience; of, relating to, or playing in this style.Apparently so called because it was first played at clubs or events known as go-gos (see sense B.).

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [adjective] > specific types of dance

jiggish1709

polkaic1884

Zydeco1949

smoochy1966

skanking1976

go-go1981

lambada1988

1981 ‘Trouble Funk’ (title of album) Straight up funk go go style.

1983 Washington Post 24 Apr. h7/5 His own group [sc. the Static Disruptors]..is now a ‘biracial go-go band playing music of the black circuit’.

1984 Billboard 21 July 58/3 Washington's ‘go-go’ music scene hasn't yet caught the eye and ear of the trendies in New York and Los Angeles.

1990 Blitz Oct. 79/2 The Moonflowers: ‘Get Higher’..The Rocky & Diesel mix of Britain's first indie go-go record.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. vi. 159 At the Man Alive my box of Go Go, electro, Tack Head, early Creation releases and James Brown was occasionally more successful than the groups.

2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 3 Apr. c1 Bands such as Rare Essence and Junkyard..have secured their spot as go-go legends.

B. n.²

U.S. colloquial. Originally: a go-go nightclub, discotheque, etc. (see sense A. 1a) (now disused). In later use: (chiefly in and near Washington, D.C.) an event or establishment at which go-go music (sense A. 2) is played. Now historical.

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society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances

carolc1300

buttock-ball1698

redoubt1698

ridotto1708

race ball1770

county ball1771

dress ball?1772

promenade1778

waltz1802

hunt ball1807

dignity ball1834

ball-royala1843

polkery1845

jigging-party1872

prom1879

Cinderella dance1883

dinner dance1887

white ball1891

cotillion1898

taxi dance1910

Stampede Dance1950

go-go1965

1965 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. xx. 8/8 Perhaps the most elaborately staged Go-Go in the [Miami] area can be witnessed at the Diplomat Hotel.

1972 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 30 Aug. 8 a/1 The two cities were named defendants in actions brought by the three Racine go-gos..after the two city councils had denied new licenses.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. (District Weekly) dc2 At a jampacked go-go in Northeast recently, I interviewed Rio Edwards, manager of Trouble Funk, a D.C. band.

2001 K. Lornell & C. C. Stephenson The Beat iii. 75 During this period in Washington, ‘the go-go’ meant the dance hall, party, or function... In these early days, the music didn't have ‘the beat’, but the bands were called go-go bands because they played at the go-go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

go-gov.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: go-go adj.³

Etymology: Probably < go-go adj.³In quot. 1964 apparently echoing the name of a specific dance: compare note at go-go adj.³ and n.²

intransitive. To dance in the manner of a go-go dancer, or (more generally) in a vigorous or sexually explicit manner.

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1964 Time 20 Mar. 62 A glass-walled booth suspended from the ceiling over the GoGo's GoGoing couples.

1966 T.V. Times (Austral.) 4 May 6/4 In clubs they Go-Go in cages on elevated platforms, under red lights.

1990 N. Blei Chi Town (2003) 230 The girls, right behind and above them, are go-going all the while these guys are saying [etc.].

1998 Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington) 5 Oct. 15/8 A few fans took to the stage to go-go on the PA system during the more rock-a-billy numbers.

2007 Nylon Feb. 42 We can't forget a swirly body-paint-covered Goldie Hawn go-going around in a bikini.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

adj.²n.³1951

adj.³n.²1964

v.1964

单词	go-go
释义	go-goadj.²n.³ Brit. /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymon: go v. Etymology: Reduplication of go v. Compare go v. 18. In later use probably influenced by a-go-go adj.The following may possibly represent early examples of sense A. 1a, but evidence of continuity of use is lacking:1923 A. Rogers & C. L. Roberts (title of song) Go-go bug.1923 A. Rogers & C. L. Roberts Go-Go Bug (song) Keeps that spring in your step Puts that ping in your pep You'll stay fit an' keep hittin' once you're bitten by the Go-Go Bug.1942 B. L. Crump (title) Bo-Bo the go-go squirrel. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj.² (chiefly attributive). 1. a. Displaying or characterized by boundless energy, incessant activity, unrestrained enthusiasm, vigour, etc.Earliest found in the nickname Go Go Sox given to the Chicago White Sox baseball team. ΚΠ 1951 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune 27 June 16/1 (headline) ‘Go, Go, Sox’ increase American League edge. 1951 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Register-News 12 July 10/6 If the go-go guys from Chicago have another charge left, the time to blast it has come. 1963 Fergus Falls (Minnesota) Daily Jrnl. 23 Mar. 6/2 Cloquet was its usual go-go self Friday night, only some of the fizz was missing. 1965 Lubbock (Texas) Avalanche-Jrnl. 25 Apr. f5/3 Carole's own name for the glasses is ‘Go-Go Goggles’. Why? ‘Because they make me feel very go-go! Speeded up! Moving fast!’ 1990 Film Monthly Apr. 28/4 It's what director Steven Spielberg puts into it that makes this yet another rip-roaring adventure... It's go-go drama all the way. 2007 M. Joulwan Rollergirl i. 2 It was the go-go life that I had dreamed of in college. b. Displaying or characterized by initiative, enterprise, or adventurousness, esp. in matters of finance or business; ‘go-ahead’. Of an investment, stock exchange fund, etc.: speculative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [adjective] > types of securities unissued1703 preferable1837 ordinary1866 pre-preference1867 gilt-edge1880 gilt-edged1881 unlisted1882 voting1883 assented1907 voteless1908 senior1914 well-traded1936 medium-dated1943 off-board1943 go-go1966 unquoted1969 alpha1984 gamma1986 1966 Washington Post 7 Mar. c12/5 (advt.) Your future lives [sic] with Washington's fastest growing go-go company in the newest field. 1967 Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel 20 Feb. 2/5 In recent months and years, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on the ‘go-go’ funds. 1969 Daily Tel. 18 Oct. 3 This will not make our fund any less ‘go-go’; our aim has always been to concentrate on genuine long-term growth stocks. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 16 Dec. 7/3 The go-go countries that are increasing their borrowings, such as Brazil, Mexico or Indonesia. 1989 P. Lynch One Up on Wall St. 33 That fund..was one of the famous go-go funds of this famous go-go era. 1995 Daily Tel. 10 Feb. 29/1 [He] built a go-go personal finance business. 2007 N. Capon Marketing Mavens ix. 247 Most competitors were not emphasizing protection but were stuck in go-go growth pitches. 2. Fashionable, stylish, chic. Cf. go adj. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [adjective] in (also into) request?1574 bonfacion1584 fashional?1607 of request1613 fashionablea1627 à la mode1642 all the mode1651 modish1661 in mode1664 timeish1676 of vogue1678 voguea1695 mody1701 alamodic1753 much the mode1767 tonish1778 go1784 stylish1800 bang-up1810 tippy1810 varmint1823 up to the knocker1844 gyvera1866 OK1869 fly1879 swagger1879 doggy1885 faddy1885 fantoosh1920 voguish1927 voguey1928 à la page1930 go1937 hard1938 hip1939 down1952 swinging1958 a-go-go1960 way-in1960 yé-yé1960 trendy1962 with-it1962 go-go1963 happening1965 mod1965 funky1967 together1968 fash1977 cred1987 1963 N.Y. Times 1 Dec. 141 (advt.) Vera's sassy Orlon ‘go-go’ top. 1964 Punch 8 July 38/1 It's fab..and withitly gogo. 1965 Greenfield (Mass.) Recorder-Gaz. 6 Dec. 9/7 As for the clothing designs, the first ones down the curving staircase..were go-go models for teen-agers, such as a clear plastic coat over a bikini bathing suit. 1981 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. b3 (advt.) Tri-color ski jackets: two go-go styles with nylon shells puffed out with polyfill. B. n.³ Energy, enthusiasm; = go-go-go n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss to-doc1330 adoc1380 great (also much) cry and little woolc1460 feery-fary1535 fray1568 stirc1595 do1598 coil1599 hurl1603 ruffle1609 clutterment1611 buzz1628 bustle1637 paddle1642 racket1644 clutter1652 tracas1656 tracasserie1656 circumference1667 flutter1667 hurly-burly1678 fuss1701 fissle1719 fraise1725 hurry-scurry1753 fix-fax1768 fal-lal1775 widdle1789 touse1792 fuffle1801 going-on1817 hurry and scurry1823 sputter1823 tew1825 Bob's-a-dying1829 fidge1832 tamasha1842 mulling1845 mussing1846 fettling1847 fooster1847 trade1854 scrimmage1855 carry-on1861 fuss-and-feathers1866 on-carry1870 make-a-do1880 miration1883 razzle-dazzle1885 song and dance1885 to get a rustle on1891 tea-party1903 stirabout1905 whoop-de-do1910 chichi1928 production1941 go-go1966 1966 Princeton Alumni Weekly 1 Feb. 24/3 While they may not have all the ‘zip’ they'd like, they have a lot more ‘go-go’ than most folks our age. 1973 Texas Monthly Feb. 18/1 I can't provide much go-go anymore, but I can provide hope and encouragement. 2006 S. Marcussen 2000 Carats iii. xxii. 309 They loved the comradeship and to be with younger people charged up with lots of go-go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). go-goadj.³n.² Brit. /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: a-go-go adj. Etymology: Apparently shortened < a-go-go adj., probably with semantic influence from go-go adj.² and (in later use) from go-go n.³ Compare go-go v.Compare the following slightly earlier example, in which GoGo denotes a specific kind of dance (compare also quot. 1964 at go-go v.):1964 Time 20 Mar. 6/3 The GoGo is the product of Los Angeles' two-month-old discothèque, the Whisky à Go Go... The head arcs back and forth, the arms chop up and down... And the bodies, glued together abdomen to abdomen, endlessly twist, twitch and bounce. Originally U.S. A. adj.³ (attributive). 1. a. Originally: designating or relating to a type of nightclub or discotheque in which dancers are employed, esp. to dance in a sexually provocative or erotic way. Later more generally: designating or relating to sexually provocative or erotic dancing, or the clothing worn by such dancers, or (now somewhat dated) to disco dancing or dancers. Cf. a-go-go adj. 1b.Quot. 1964¹ may possibly be an example of go-go adj.² 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [adjective] danceable1859 snake-hip1932 a-go-go1964 go-go1964 1964 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 30 July 34/4 Dayton Allen and Bernie Kopell join Steve [Allen] in a chuckle-filled ‘Allen Report to the Nation on Go-Go Nightclubs’. 1964 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 23 Aug. (Midland Empire Mag.) 3 (advt.) Come, see this collection of ‘Disc’ [= discotheque] dresses from the go-everywhere afternoon dress to the more extreme ‘Go Go’ versions. 1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 1 Oct. a25/2 The newest [craze] is dancing to records in swank spots... The Lafayette Hotel will get into the act Friday night by opening its Go Go Room. 1965 Billboard 16 Oct. 73/2 (caption) Juke box is employed in show-window tie-in with go-go dancing shows in this Kitty Kelly Shoe Corp. outlet in New York. 1966 H. Nielsen After Midnight (1967) xii. 149 The room exploded into a wild go-go beat. 1970 Jet 28 May 10 The next craze in go-go bars could be live acts of sexual intercourse on stage, some officials believe. 1982 J. Sharkey Your Flake or Mine? ii. 67 The mini-dress..is far too short for her, barely concealing the lower part of her go-go outfit. 1999 Vanity Fair Apr. 280/2 Otherwise forgettable except for an equally brief glimpse of Sinatra dancing in a go-go cage. 2010 Time Out N.Y. 8 Apr. 95/2 ‘It never occurred to me that go-go dancing is something sleazy or untoward in any way,’ Steele says, explaining that he started after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College. b. spec. used to designate a person associated with such a venue, or who dances in this manner; as go-go dancer, go-go girl, (later also) go-go boy. ΚΠ 1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 1 Oct. e2/9 (advt.) Cocktail hostess needed for glamour sport..Go-go dancers needed also. 1964 Los Angeles Times 30 Oct. iv. 9/3 On Friday and Saturday nights, from 9 p.m. on, wild Watusi go-go girls to dance with. 1968 ‘A. D'Arcangelo’ Homosexual Handbk. 129 I'd heard that it was not only a Dancing Bar, but a Dancing Bar with go-go boys. 1978 S. Brill Teamsters iv. 124 Bold signs..advertise ‘go-go girls’ and ‘live dancers’. 1984 A. Thomas Intertidal Life (1986) i. 81 His old lady had been a topless go-go dancer and now had something terribly wrong with her feet. 1997 E. White Farewell Symphony (1998) iv. 149 On a dais a go-go boy in a white towel was dancing. 2004 Time Out N.Y. 16 Dec. 44/1 Watch the go-go dancers get busy on the bar for horned-up patrons with fistfuls of $$. 2012 Vanity Fair June 127/1 I found out in the National Enquirer that he was once a go-go boy, a male stripper. c. go-go boot n. Fashion (usually in plural) a type of women's boot popular in the 1960s, typically made of brightly-coloured vinyl or leather, reaching high up the calf, and having a low heel.In quot. 1963 a formal shoe designed to be worn by schoolboys, the name perhaps influenced by go-go adj.² ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > other wooldingc1425 go-go boot1965 1963 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 26 Aug. 5 (advt.) ‘The Go-Go Boot’ Slip-on with new cube toe, tapered rubber heel, compo-flex soles. In ebony black.] 1965 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. 17/4 Gimbels... A GoGo Boot à la Paris, with back zipper. 1965 Washington Post 27 Aug. c4/1 (advt.) Dream or be seen in this new, seamed-for-shape shift and pajama..with go-go boots a la Coureges! 1967 Targets for Tomorrow 69 Our fine Dutch girls would undoubtedly prefer to swing in go-go boots and miniskirt. 1976 Jet 11 Mar. 56 One lady dresses in white satin, à la Billie Holiday, another sister wears go-go boots and miniskirts. 1983 P. Yates Blondes 115/2 There were the really triff blondes who had Mary Quant white go-go boots with built-in see-through heels. 2011 H. Landalf Flyaway vii. 57 I'm glad I took the time to change into my red vinyl skirt, leopard print top, and white go-go boots. 2. Designating a style of dance music originating in Washington, D.C., characterized by a persistent funk beat, using a mixture of acoustic and electronic instruments, and typically involving call-and-response interaction between performers and audience; of, relating to, or playing in this style.Apparently so called because it was first played at clubs or events known as go-gos (see sense B.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [adjective] > specific types of dance jiggish1709 polkaic1884 Zydeco1949 smoochy1966 skanking1976 go-go1981 lambada1988 1981 ‘Trouble Funk’ (title of album) Straight up funk go go style. 1983 Washington Post 24 Apr. h7/5 His own group [sc. the Static Disruptors]..is now a ‘biracial go-go band playing music of the black circuit’. 1984 Billboard 21 July 58/3 Washington's ‘go-go’ music scene hasn't yet caught the eye and ear of the trendies in New York and Los Angeles. 1990 Blitz Oct. 79/2 The Moonflowers: ‘Get Higher’..The Rocky & Diesel mix of Britain's first indie go-go record. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. vi. 159 At the Man Alive my box of Go Go, electro, Tack Head, early Creation releases and James Brown was occasionally more successful than the groups. 2006 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 3 Apr. c1 Bands such as Rare Essence and Junkyard..have secured their spot as go-go legends. B. n.² U.S. colloquial. Originally: a go-go nightclub, discotheque, etc. (see sense A. 1a) (now disused). In later use: (chiefly in and near Washington, D.C.) an event or establishment at which go-go music (sense A. 2) is played. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances carolc1300 buttock-ball1698 redoubt1698 ridotto1708 race ball1770 county ball1771 dress ball?1772 promenade1778 waltz1802 hunt ball1807 dignity ball1834 ball-royala1843 polkery1845 jigging-party1872 prom1879 Cinderella dance1883 dinner dance1887 white ball1891 cotillion1898 taxi dance1910 Stampede Dance1950 go-go1965 1965 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. xx. 8/8 Perhaps the most elaborately staged Go-Go in the [Miami] area can be witnessed at the Diplomat Hotel. 1972 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Times 30 Aug. 8 a/1 The two cities were named defendants in actions brought by the three Racine go-gos..after the two city councils had denied new licenses. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Mar. (District Weekly) dc2 At a jampacked go-go in Northeast recently, I interviewed Rio Edwards, manager of Trouble Funk, a D.C. band. 2001 K. Lornell & C. C. Stephenson The Beat iii. 75 During this period in Washington, ‘the go-go’ meant the dance hall, party, or function... In these early days, the music didn't have ‘the beat’, but the bands were called go-go bands because they played at the go-go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). go-gov. Brit. /ˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: go-go adj.³ Etymology: Probably < go-go adj.³In quot. 1964 apparently echoing the name of a specific dance: compare note at go-go adj.³ and n.² intransitive. To dance in the manner of a go-go dancer, or (more generally) in a vigorous or sexually explicit manner. ΚΠ 1964 Time 20 Mar. 62 A glass-walled booth suspended from the ceiling over the GoGo's GoGoing couples. 1966 T.V. Times (Austral.) 4 May 6/4 In clubs they Go-Go in cages on elevated platforms, under red lights. 1990 N. Blei Chi Town (2003) 230 The girls, right behind and above them, are go-going all the while these guys are saying [etc.]. 1998 Indiana Daily Student (Bloomington) 5 Oct. 15/8 A few fans took to the stage to go-go on the PA system during the more rock-a-billy numbers. 2007 Nylon Feb. 42 We can't forget a swirly body-paint-covered Goldie Hawn go-going around in a bikini. 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