a gogo

Jan. 18th, 2023 07:37 am
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[personal profile] prettygoodword
a gogo or à gogo (uh-GOH-goh) - adv., in abundance, galore; spiritedly. adj., (postpositive) in abundance, plenteous.


Also, thanks to numerous discos and nightclubs named after Whiskey à Gogo (est. 1947 in Paris, named after a British nightclub called Whiskey Galore), a style of music and fashion. Note that as an adjective, it always comes after the noun, much like galore sometimes does. From French, clearly, from à gogo, in abundance, which dates to Middle French, where its origin is obscure but frequently speculated to be some sort of reduplicative form of gogue, joke/witticism.

(I'm not going to include a pic of gogo boots. Just, no. You can find one yourself.)

---L.

Date: 2023-01-18 06:43 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ranunculus
Wasn't there a Broadway show? Kinky Boots?
I saw it, it wasn't particularly kinky, unless your fetish is glittery boots.

Date: 2023-01-18 10:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ranunculus
Well, there were boots throughout, but only one or two or three pairs. If my memory is correct. The finale did have LOTS of boots.
Perhaps I'm not the best person to comment on how kinky or not the scenes are; I spent 35 years working as a stagehand in San Francisco. Boots are the least of the costume ideas that I've seen worn in a show or for that matter, on the street.

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