[Ads-l] Antedating of "Boogie" (Verb, Dance)

[Shapiro, Fred]

boogie, v. (OED, 3.a., 1944)

1941 Chicago Defender 1 Nov. 8 (ProQuest)

The dance numbers began with the Boogie La Conga ... The girls were so lovely and "boogied" so scintillatingly that one person was heard to remark, "Goodness.  I'm certainly glad my husband couldn't be here tonight."

Fred Shapiro

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