a-go-goadj.

Brit.

/əˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S.

/əˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/

Forms: 1900s– a gogo, 1900s– à gogo, 1900s– a-gogo, 1900s– a go go, 1900s– a go-go, 1900s– a-go-go, 1900s– agogo.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à gogo.

Etymology: < French à gogo galore, aplenty (a1465 in Middle French as adverb in sense ‘joyfully, uninhibitedly, extravagantly’) < à , preposition (see a- prefix⁵) + gogo , probably a reduplicated form of the imitative base of Old French, Middle French gogue amusement, fun, entertainment (see agog adv.). In later use apparently sometimes apprehended as a combining form < -a-, connective + go-go adj.²A nightclub and discotheque called Whisky à Gogo , lit. ‘Whisky Galore’, (apparently named after the film of that name) opened in Paris in 1952, and quickly became a favourite with the young and fashionable set. (The concept of the modern discotheque, with disc jockeys and turntables, as opposed to jukeboxes, is generally supposed to have originated here.) Within the next few years many clubs and discotheques bearing the same name and playing the latest music on disc had sprung up in France and elsewhere in Europe. The first club of this name in the United States (Whisky a Go Go ) opened in Chicago in 1958, although the most famous was on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles (opened 1964; compare quot. 1964¹ at sense 1b), a leading venue for popular music in the 1960s and popularizer of go-go dancing.

colloquial.

a. Fashionable, modish, up to date, ‘with it’; lively, ‘swinging’. Also used postpositively. Cf. go-go adj.² 2.In later use sometimes ironic.

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

1960 Delaware County (Chester, Pa.) Daily Times 24 Feb. 11/1 In Paris tubular sweaters that come down to your thighs are dubbed ‘sweaters a go go’. Germany now has ‘pajamas a go go’.

1964 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 2 Dec. 14 (advt.) The sweet and swinging look—a set of dyed-to-match separates to keep you a-go-go at every important holiday shebang!

1975 M. Mayer Nature of Beast vi. 331 The prolongation of adolescence in the a-go-go society indicates a year or two off, before or during college, for kids to catch their breath, write poetry, sling hash.

1987 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. He gives us a John-Knox-a-gogo who enjoys music, patronises the theatre and, at 59, marries a 16-year-old.

1988 ‘Silencers’ Real McCoy (song lyrics) Glasgow's a go go Hey now all the grafitti is gone.

1989 M. Bego Aretha Franklin v. 136 The ‘à go-go’ giddiness of the mid-sixties was replaced by the end of that decade by protest marches, political assassinations, the hippie movement, and the Vietnam War.

1999 J. A. Walker Art-Lovers ii. 10 At the bar David the DJ bought the first round, ‘Trust me, Henry, Pernod and blackcurrant is a go go,’ he said with a smile.

b. spec. Designating a fashionable and lively nightclub, discotheque, etc., esp. one in which erotic dancers are employed; (hence also) designating a style of dancing or a dancer in such an establishment; of or relating to such an establishment. Cf. go-go adj.³ 1.Chiefly associated with, and frequently used (postpositively) in the names of, nightclubs of the 1960s.

ΘΚΠ

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

danceable1859

snake-hip1932

a-go-go1964

go-go1964

1964 Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. (Calendar section) 33/4 (advt.) The word in Hollywood is go go 'a go go 8901 Sunset Strip.]

1964 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 2 Dec. 4 c/5 (advt.) The Campus Lounge proudly presents The Blue Echoes... Campus A-go-go girls Tues. 9 to 1 and Sun. 4 to 8.

1965 Billboard 31 July 26/3 The first A-Go-Go clubs in Toronto opened with a bang this month, with..David Clayton Thomas and the Shays launching the Friars A-Go-Go..and Don Thompson's Trio packing the Snug-A-Go-Go.

1966 Sepia July 16/2 She's a dusky dancer, weaving and twisting on the A-Go-Go platform of a darkened supper club.

1989 Financial Times 29 Sept. 17/3 [In 1964] England's teenyboppers..were down at the Club a Go-Go.

1991 C. Satha-Anand in M. Ariff Muslim Private Sector Southeast Asia v. 106 In an a-go-go bar, girls have to dance on the counter wearing very little to attract male customers.

2001 M. J. Goldberg Collectible '70s 181 In America, the a-go-go discotheque was gone. Life in the '70s was starting to look not so groovy.

2. Used postpositively: in abundance, galore, aplenty. In early use frequently with connotation of modishness; now often used ironically.In quot. 1961 probably with allusion to the use of the word in the names of nightclubs and discotheques; cf. sense 1b and see discussion in etymology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase]

in wonea1300

by (or with) large metc1300

in plentya1382

in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533

at fouth1535

in (great, good) store1600

thick on the ground1893

in spades1929

a-go-go1961

1961 Times 5 Oct. 6/7 (title of U.K. television series) Discs a Gogo.

1965 Economist 25 Dec. 1416/2 A lot more has been added, even before après ski life à gogo begins.

1966 New Yorker 24 Sept. 52 This is really nothing but Leninism à go-go!

1978 R. B. K. McNathan & G. Brown Arts 63 In the dark shadow of Vietnam, those were palmy days for artists and museums, a thriving period of art-a-go-go.

1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 19 Feb. 24 Mr Sankara's last move was to cut the beer tax with a new policy that runs under the slogan ‘beer-a-go-go politics’.

1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Features section) Life in the free-market West, with boys and clothes and glamour a-go-go.

2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 59 The Philistine..proved surprisingly popular with the general public. Its squibs, satires, and salty self-help proclamations, written in deep purple, adjectives a-go-go prose, were just what his autodidactic audience wanted.

2010 A. Bing & J. A. Vlahides San Francisco (Lonely Planet) (ed. 7) 240 The intersection of 18th and Castro Sts is the heart of the gay scene, and there are bars a go-go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a-go-go
释义	a-go-goadj. Brit. /əˈɡəʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /əˈɡoʊˌɡoʊ/ Forms: 1900s– a gogo, 1900s– à gogo, 1900s– a-gogo, 1900s– a go go, 1900s– a go-go, 1900s– a-go-go, 1900s– agogo. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French à gogo. Etymology: < French à gogo galore, aplenty (a1465 in Middle French as adverb in sense ‘joyfully, uninhibitedly, extravagantly’) < à , preposition (see a- prefix⁵) + gogo , probably a reduplicated form of the imitative base of Old French, Middle French gogue amusement, fun, entertainment (see agog adv.). In later use apparently sometimes apprehended as a combining form < -a-, connective + go-go adj.²A nightclub and discotheque called Whisky à Gogo , lit. ‘Whisky Galore’, (apparently named after the film of that name) opened in Paris in 1952, and quickly became a favourite with the young and fashionable set. (The concept of the modern discotheque, with disc jockeys and turntables, as opposed to jukeboxes, is generally supposed to have originated here.) Within the next few years many clubs and discotheques bearing the same name and playing the latest music on disc had sprung up in France and elsewhere in Europe. The first club of this name in the United States (Whisky a Go Go ) opened in Chicago in 1958, although the most famous was on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles (opened 1964; compare quot. 1964¹ at sense 1b), a leading venue for popular music in the 1960s and popularizer of go-go dancing. colloquial. 1. a. Fashionable, modish, up to date, ‘with it’; lively, ‘swinging’. Also used postpositively. Cf. go-go adj.² 2.In later use sometimes ironic. 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 1960 Delaware County (Chester, Pa.) Daily Times 24 Feb. 11/1 In Paris tubular sweaters that come down to your thighs are dubbed ‘sweaters a go go’. Germany now has ‘pajamas a go go’. 1964 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 2 Dec. 14 (advt.) The sweet and swinging look—a set of dyed-to-match separates to keep you a-go-go at every important holiday shebang! 1975 M. Mayer Nature of Beast vi. 331 The prolongation of adolescence in the a-go-go society indicates a year or two off, before or during college, for kids to catch their breath, write poetry, sling hash. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 4 Dec. He gives us a John-Knox-a-gogo who enjoys music, patronises the theatre and, at 59, marries a 16-year-old. 1988 ‘Silencers’ Real McCoy (song lyrics) Glasgow's a go go Hey now all the grafitti is gone. 1989 M. Bego Aretha Franklin v. 136 The ‘à go-go’ giddiness of the mid-sixties was replaced by the end of that decade by protest marches, political assassinations, the hippie movement, and the Vietnam War. 1999 J. A. Walker Art-Lovers ii. 10 At the bar David the DJ bought the first round, ‘Trust me, Henry, Pernod and blackcurrant is a go go,’ he said with a smile. b. spec. Designating a fashionable and lively nightclub, discotheque, etc., esp. one in which erotic dancers are employed; (hence also) designating a style of dancing or a dancer in such an establishment; of or relating to such an establishment. Cf. go-go adj.³ 1.Chiefly associated with, and frequently used (postpositively) in the names of, nightclubs of the 1960s. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [adjective] danceable1859 snake-hip1932 a-go-go1964 go-go1964 1964 Los Angeles Times 12 Apr. (Calendar section) 33/4 (advt.) The word in Hollywood is go go 'a go go 8901 Sunset Strip.] 1964 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-Times 2 Dec. 4 c/5 (advt.) The Campus Lounge proudly presents The Blue Echoes... Campus A-go-go girls Tues. 9 to 1 and Sun. 4 to 8. 1965 Billboard 31 July 26/3 The first A-Go-Go clubs in Toronto opened with a bang this month, with..David Clayton Thomas and the Shays launching the Friars A-Go-Go..and Don Thompson's Trio packing the Snug-A-Go-Go. 1966 Sepia July 16/2 She's a dusky dancer, weaving and twisting on the A-Go-Go platform of a darkened supper club. 1989 Financial Times 29 Sept. 17/3 [In 1964] England's teenyboppers..were down at the Club a Go-Go. 1991 C. Satha-Anand in M. Ariff Muslim Private Sector Southeast Asia v. 106 In an a-go-go bar, girls have to dance on the counter wearing very little to attract male customers. 2001 M. J. Goldberg Collectible '70s 181 In America, the a-go-go discotheque was gone. Life in the '70s was starting to look not so groovy. 2. Used postpositively: in abundance, galore, aplenty. In early use frequently with connotation of modishness; now often used ironically.In quot. 1961 probably with allusion to the use of the word in the names of nightclubs and discotheques; cf. sense 1b and see discussion in etymology. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > in abundance [phrase] in wonea1300 by (or with) large metc1300 in plentya1382 in (the most, etc.) substantious manner1533 at fouth1535 in (great, good) store1600 thick on the ground1893 in spades1929 a-go-go1961 1961 Times 5 Oct. 6/7 (title of U.K. television series) Discs a Gogo. 1965 Economist 25 Dec. 1416/2 A lot more has been added, even before après ski life à gogo begins. 1966 New Yorker 24 Sept. 52 This is really nothing but Leninism à go-go! 1978 R. B. K. McNathan & G. Brown Arts 63 In the dark shadow of Vietnam, those were palmy days for artists and museums, a thriving period of art-a-go-go. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 19 Feb. 24 Mr Sankara's last move was to cut the beer tax with a new policy that runs under the slogan ‘beer-a-go-go politics’. 1992 Sunday Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. (Features section) Life in the free-market West, with boys and clothes and glamour a-go-go. 2003 S. Brown Free Gift Inside! 59 The Philistine..proved surprisingly popular with the general public. Its squibs, satires, and salty self-help proclamations, written in deep purple, adjectives a-go-go prose, were just what his autodidactic audience wanted. 2010 A. Bing & J. A. Vlahides San Francisco (Lonely Planet) (ed. 7) 240 The intersection of 18th and Castro Sts is the heart of the gay scene, and there are bars a go-go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1960
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