go-go
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.
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.
Derived terms
- go-go boots
- go-go juice
- go-go dancer
References
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡoː/, [ˈɡo̞ːɡo̞ː]
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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | go-gotta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
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