[Ads-l] Antedating of "You Go Girl"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu Jun 19 12:32:10 UTC 2025


you go girl (OED 2005)

1992 Hyde Park Citizen 22 Nov. 15 (ProQuest)

ABOUT MEN is a new play that delves into the lives and loves of six African-American women and their female therapist. ... The scenario provides for a hillarious [sic] exchange of intellect, wit, ignorance, and "you-go-girl" grandstanding.

Fred Shapiro


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