Date:  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 20:43:03 GMT

From:  Barnhart <Lexik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HIGHLANDS.COM>

Subject: from the get-go/git-go



See:

Wentworth & Flexner (supplement), Dictionary of American Slang

Chapman, New Dictionary of American Slang

Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang



If looking for the origin you will probably be disappointed. Such terms are

difficult to pin down. The earliest recorded usage is 1966. It probably

derives from the commonly recorded idiom: to get going.



David K. Barnhart

Barnhart[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Highlands.comSee:

Wentworth & Flexner (supplement), Dictionary of American Slang

Chapman, New Dictionary of American Slang

Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang



If looking for the origin you will probably be disappointed. Such terms are

difficult to pin down. The earliest recorded usage is 1966.