[Ads-l] Antedating of "Boogaloo"

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boogaloo (OED 1966)

1965 Daily Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pa.) 20 July 26/6 (Newspapers.com)

The dances they do look as endless as the frug.  And that boog-a-loo thing is really just a bugaboo.

Fred Shapiro

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