go-go

adjective

ˈgō-(ˌ)gō 

1

a

: employed to entertain in a disco

go-go dancers

b

: of, relating to, or being a disco or the music or dances performed there

2

: marked by spirited or aggressive action

go-go baseball

3

a

: relating to or dealing in popular often speculative investment expected to yield high returns

go-go mutual funds

b

: relating to, involved in, or marked by business growth and prosperity and aggressive efforts to turn a quick profit

go-go bankers and entrepreneurs … who put together the megabuck deals

—Ken Auletta

Examples of go-go in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Michael Milken Sentence: 10 years Behind bars: 2 years Net worth: $6.5 billion Milken became famous for fueling the go-go 1980s with junk bond financing from investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. —Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

One of our go-go boys who’s there from the start is now a go-go girl. —Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

The go-go ’80s lifted the art market and Wall Street, and the rising fortunes of both lifted Raoul’s. —Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024

The go-go theme extended to all corners of the field and included everyone on it. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024

The ‘gamine fille’ appeared here and there, such as a camisole style dress, go-go shorts, and a grey flannel bralette over a turtleneck paired with a skirt. —Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024

Curated by the virtuous local DJ collective Hast du Feuer, Initialize offered some of the most inspired rhythm music being made right now, old and new, near and far — techno, trap, house, club, go-go, drum-and-bass, electro and more — on three separate dance floors. —Chris Richards, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024

The company — which was once valued at $5.7 billion in its go-go years — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year and in July 2023 closed a $350 million sale to a group of its former lenders, Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024

Now the library is marking the fourth anniversary of the act that made go-go D.C.’s official music. —Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

partly from a-go-go, partly from reduplication of go entry 1

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1a