pynchon-l-digest V2 #991

[David Morris]

>From: calbert
>
>
> > Don't forget Groucho's infamous "Boogie boogie boogie!" in Night at the
> > Opera, taunting the gypsy witchcrone on stage from his booth. And that's
> > 1935.
>
>When did the Andrews Sisters record the original Boogie Woogie Bugle
>Boy?
>

from:
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html

Main Entry: 1boo·gie
Pronunciation: 'bu-gE, 'bü-
Function: noun
Date: 1929
1 : BOOGIE-WOOGIE
2 : earthy and strongly rhythmic rock music conducive to dancing; also : a 
period of or occasion for dancing to this music

Main Entry: boogie
Variant(s): also boo·gy or boo·gey /'bu-gE, 'bü-/
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): boo·gied also boo·geyed; boo·gy·ing also boo·gey·ing
Date: 1930
1 : to dance to rock music; also : REVEL, PARTY
2 a : to move quickly b : to get going


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