go-go

(gō′)

adjective

  1. of dancing to rock music, as in discothèques
  2. of a dancer, often semi-nude, performing erotic movements to rock music, as in a bar
  3. Business, Finance, Informal
    1. of or characterized by dramatic appreciation or expansion: the go-go years for U.S. automakers
    2. of or characterized by aggressive, often highly speculative, buying and selling: go-go mutual funds, a go-go stock market

Origin: short for à gogo < Fr, in plenty, ad lib., in clover < à, to + gogo, abundance, jocular redupl. of gogue, joy, prob. of echoic orig.

See go-go in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Informal
Of or relating to discotheques or to the energetic music and dancing performed at discotheques.

Origin:

Origin: From à gogo

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adjective
Informal
  1. Marked by assertive action: a go-go sales executive.
  2. a. Of, relating to, or engaging in a type of speculative, short-term stock-market operation: a go-go fund.
    b. Characterized by the fast growth and development that invites speculative investment: go-go industries such as microprocessing and laser technology.

Origin:

Origin: Intensive reduplication (influenced by go-go1)

Origin: of go1

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