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Word of the Day 10/01/19 à gogo

à gogo (adverb)
à gogo or à Go·go, à go-go[ uh goh-goh ]


adverb
1. as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink à gogo.
2. 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.

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Origin: 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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