Heard on the Judges

[Margaret Lee]

Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:    Thirty-ish black woman from Chicago:

"He put on party clothes, _get-up gear_."

Back in the day, a person having a good time could be said to be
"steady [st^dI] gettin' up / gittin' up."

-Wilson

  Did "gittin' up" evolve into the more contemporary AAE phrase, "get down," to have a good time?
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  Margaret
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