Entry · catalog no. 7670
boogie
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verb · Southern · nationwide · 2026
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1.
To dance, or to party hard and let yourself go. Also to move fast — "let's boogie."
“Soon as that bassline dropped, everybody got up to boogie.”
Origin & Attribution
From boogie-woogie, the rolling blues piano style of Black players in the early 20th century. Clarence "Pinetop" Smith cut "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" in 1928; the shortened boogie carried the dance-and-party meaning forward for decades.
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The South
Southern · nationwide · 2026
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Southern · nationwide
$BOOGIEThe Record · cultural traction
▲ Rising0 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
12/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
First used
2026
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Recorded here
2026
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Citations & Sources
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+ Cite a sourceClarence "Pinetop" Smith, "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" — recording · 1928
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