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go-go

[ goh-goh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

full of energy, vitality, or daring:
the go-go generation.
stylish, modern, or up-to-date:
the go-go social set.
of or relating to the music and dancing performed at discotheques or nightclubs.
performing at a discotheque or nightclub.
seeking large earnings quickly by trading aggressively and often speculatively in stocks:
a go-go mutual fund.
marked by swift price upswings due to excessive speculation:
a go-go stock.
being a time of great prosperity, economic growth, and optimism:
the go-go years of the 1920s.

go-go

Origin of go-go¹

First recorded in 1960–65; reduplication of go ¹, influenced in some senses by à gogo

Origin of go-go¹

C20: altered from French à-gogo aplenty, ad lib: sense influenced by English verb go

He told me he felt he was being overlapped by all these circumstances in Dallas—that it was a go-go city, but he was left out.

The ultimate go-go 1990s company has struggled in the past decade.

“The other girls who were on stage on Wednesday night they were the go-go dancers,” Ashley explains.

Doris is supposed to be a go-go dancer or some kind of dancer in Vegas.

Even white gay rapper Cazwell got over a million hits on YouTube with a video filled with go-go boys from the NYC gay scene.

Go—go and find him, and if you fail take your cut-throats away from here and never let me see them again.

But go—go at once to your home and bring me your wife that I may see her—my only daughter, before I die.

So I thought you might mean that I should go—go back, you know.

"Yes—go—go now," replied her mother, who had arrived at that stage of rage when people use words little heeding their meaning.

Go—go now I Leave your men here, sir, to watch, and do you see for yourself that he is not there!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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