Query: "book" = leave, run away

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>I doubt the influence of "boog, boogie" ....

I wouldn't talk about influence: I believe that "boogie" and "book" in this
sense are virtually the same word. The evolution is not clear to me,
however, and I'm not sure what form came first, or from where. I seriously
doubt any real relation to "book" = "study" or "book passage". I wonder
whether "bug out" = "depart" is related.

-- Doug Wilson