gogo

[goh-goh]

noun

à gogo.

RELATED WORDS

go-go

[goh-goh]

adjective Informal.

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.

Origin of go-go

1960–65; reduplication of go¹, influenced in some senses by à gogo

à gogo

or à Go·go, à go-go

[uh goh-goh]

adverb

as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink à gogo.

with go-go music and dancing or a go-go atmosphere (used especially in the names of cabarets, discotheques, and the like): They danced all night at the Mistral à gogo.

Origin of à gogo

1960–65; < French, Middle French; gogo perhaps by reduplication and alteration of gogue witticism, jest (French goguette), expressive word of obscure origin

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Examples from the Web for gogo

Megan takes Sally shopping for a dress, and she stuns everyone by appearing in a short dress, gogo boots, and lots of makeup.
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They are very careful of their hair, washing it with gogo and anointing it with ajonjoli oil2 perfumed with musk.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines|Frederic H. Sawyer
But your mother took the flowers and ground them with a stone, to mix with gogo, for washing our hair.
An Eagle Flight|Jos Rizal
You're going to bed promptly at nine, aren't you, Mary--and Gogo, too?
The Heart of Rachael|Kathleen Norris

As washing the hair with gogo is one of the luxuries of the Philippines, I shall describe how it is done.
The Inhabitants of the Philippines|Frederic H. Sawyer
And George did not like to have Gogo away from the house at night.
The Heart of Rachael|Kathleen Norris

British Dictionary definitions for gogo

gogo

noun Southern African

ɡrandmother

Word Origin for gogo

from Zulu

à gogo

adjective, adverb

informal as much as one likes; galorewine à gogo

Word Origin for à gogo

C20: from French

go-go

adjective informal, mainly US and Canadian

of or relating to discos or the lively music and dancing performed in them

dynamic or forceful

Word Origin for go-go

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

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Word Origin and History for gogo

go-go

adj.

1964, "fashionable," from slang the go "the rage" (1962); see go. First appearance of go-go dancer is from 1965.