go-go

go-go
/goh"goh'/, adj. Informal.
1. full of energy, vitality, or daring: the go-go generation.
2. stylish, modern, or up-to-date: the go-go social set.
3. of or pertaining to the music and dancing performed at discotheques or nightclubs.
4. performing at a discotheque or nightclub.
5. seeking large earnings quickly by trading aggressively and often speculatively in stocks: a go-go mutual fund.
6. marked by swift price upswings due to excessive speculation: a go-go stock.
7. being a time of great prosperity, economic growth, and optimism: the go-go years of the 1920s.
[1960-65; redupl. of GO1, influenced in some senses by GOGO]

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Universalium. 2010.

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