pynchon-l-digest V2 #991

[Mark Wright AIA]

Howdy

Boogie Woogie bugle boy wasn't playing in a rock band, but bringing
danceable swing-y jaz to the troops.  The rock reference is
derivitive and anachronistic in this context.

Much as we all like to Boogie.

Mark

> --- David Morris <fqmorris at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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