boogaloo

== English == === Etymology === Attested as a style of dance since at least January 1966 (and found in the titles of many songs around that time), perhaps from boogie (for the ending, compare crackaloo, hullabaloo). (Compare Spanish bugalú, the Spanish name for the style of music and dance.) Kent Harris used the stage name "Boogaloo" in the 1950s. The sense "sequel or repetition" refers to the title of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel which was considered to be so bad it became a cult classic. Compare the sense "black person" to boogalee, a term for a Cajun, attested since 1960 or earlier. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbuːɡəˌluː/, /ˌbuːɡəˈluː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbuɡəˌlu/, /ˌbʊɡəˈlu/ Rhymes: -uː Hyphenation: boo‧ga‧loo === Noun === boogaloo (countable and uncountable, plural boogaloos) (music, uncountable) A genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms, originating in the United States in the 1960s. A style of dance to this music, popular in the 1960s. (music, countable) A piece of music, or an instance of dancing, in or of this style. A type of freestyle, improvisational street dance incorporating soulful steps and robotic movements, originally danced to funk and disco, but later more commonly to hip-hop. (Internet slang, humorous) A sequel or repetition of events, etc. Often used to mock a lack of creativity. Electric boogaloo meme (Internet slang, US politics) A hypothetical second American Civil War, in which far-right or antigovernment activists rise up against the government. (derogatory, possibly dated) A black person. ==== Derived terms ==== electric boogaloo, Electric Boogaloo === Verb === boogaloo (third-person singular simple present boogaloos, present participle boogalooing, simple past and past participle boogalooed) (intransitive) To dance in this style. 1972, John Asberry McCluskey, The Pilgrims (also printed as 1974, John McCluskey, Look What They Done to My Song: A Novel, Random House, NY): She would have screamed in the judge's face, getting her man ninety years and a day. "You two boogaloo like an old married couple," I tell them after they've danced stiffly for a few minutes. === References === === Further reading === boogaloo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia