pynchon-l-digest V2 #991

RICHARD_WILSON at udlp.com RICHARD_WILSON at udlp.com
Fri Nov 5 12:01:45 CST 1999


> It'd be nice to know the root of "boogie."  Was it first derogatory?  Could 
> it have been related to "bogeyman?"

didn't the Cherokees have a winter ceremony called the "bogey dance" (in which
they wore dark-colored masks and mimick'd acts of violence)?

--rwilson

"back to silence, back to minus" -- eno



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