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Electric Boogaloo
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electric boogaloo
English
2024 December 19
Etymology
en When did it get popularized?
From the title of the film Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel to Breakin’ (1984), from en electric boogaloo type of freestyle, improvised street dance emphasizing fluid movements of the joints and limbs combined with popping: see more at en boogaloo genre of music that blends rhythm and blues and soul music with Cuban-style rhythms; style of dance to this music; type of freestyle, improvisational street dance incorporating soulful steps and robotic movements; etc.. An early instance was in 1993, when Toronto band Dig Circus released an edition of their 1992 album Shekkie with bonus tracks, as Shekkie II: Electric Boogaloo.
Pronunciation
en /ɪˌlɛktɹɪk ˈbuːɡəˌluː/ /-ˌbuːɡəˈluː/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Electric Boogaloo.wav Southern England
en /əˌlɛktɹɪk ˈbuɡəˌlu/ /iˌlɛktɹɪk-/ /-ˌbʊɡəˈlu/ GA
en Electr ic Boo ga loo
Proper noun
Electric Boogaloo
en humorous Used as the subtitle of an imagined sequel of a film, television show, etc.
en 27 May 1994 Jorge Garcia Daily Bruin Signing off: not your typical year-in-review Los Angeles ASUCLA 82 132 Josh Romonek 9 4 1080-5060 https://archive.org/details/ucladailybruin154losa/page/n295/mode/1up Finally, we all followed the turbulent antics of Hollywood's favorite couple, Tom and Roseanne. First, they talked about inviting a third party into their marriage and bedroom. Then (auurgh!) Mariel Hemingway kissed Roseanne Arnold! Then again (auurgh!) Tom kissed Roseanne Arnold! And the climax, DIVORCE: oops! Tom just went out for a pizza. DIVORCE II (ELECTRIC BOOGALOO): I guess Tom ate the last piece.
en 1996 November Suzan Colón Dance Fever; Turn the Beat Around—Again Bob Guccione, Jr. Spin New York, N.Y. Camouflage Associates 12 8 33 https://books.google.com/books?id=dgSxMMIfuU8C&pg=PA33 2 0886-3032 671776882 Now the disco revival is on What next? Maybe Olivia Newton-John will do Xanadu II: Electric Boogaloo.
en w:Wil Wheaton Epilogue: Hooters 2: Electric Boogaloo Brett McLaughlin w:Just a Geek Sebastopol, Calif. O’Reilly Media June 2004 223 https://books.google.com/books?id=RrTATTAw4MoC&pg=PA223 978-0-596-00768-3 Epilogue: Hooters 2: Electric Boogaloo [chapter title] A few weeks before this book went to press, I met my best friend Darin for lunch in Old Town. We met at the usual place [Hooters], ahead of the lunchtime rush, so we could sit wherever we liked.
en Kory Grow James Murphy The Art of Discomfort: LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy Explains How to Appreciate the Sound of Silver Kenny Herzog CMJ New Music Monthly New York, N.Y. CMJ Network April 2007 146 25 https://books.google.com/books?id=IisEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA25 1 1074-6978 1057115286 But I just wanted to feel like I was stepping outside of my box. It's a different time in history. I can't go, "And I'm from Mars!" without it being Bowie II: Electric Boogaloo, except fat.
en Drachinifel [pseudonym] Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet – Battle of Texel 1918 https://web.archive.org/web/20220804035059/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrTeYcRXDEw 17 October 2018 00:24 Given that we're essentially looking at The Battle of Jutland 2: Electric Boogaloo, let's start out by looking at what had changed on both sides since that confrontation in 1916.
en George Michael Lockdowns, Riots, and a Contested Election—Could the 2020 Crises Reinvigorate the US Far Right? Alan Waring The New Authoritarianism Stuttgart, Baden-Wüttemberg ibidem-Verlag 2021 !3 (A Risk Analysis of the Corporate/Radical-right Axis) part 2 (Perspectives on the Corporate/Radical-right Axis) 355 https://books.google.com/books?id=yzxIEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA355 978-3-8382-1493-1 The term boogaloo was first used on 4chan in 2012, where the meme was often associated with references to "Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo", "race war", and "dotr" (day of the rope) A variety of ideologies organized under the Boogaloo umbrella, including libertarian anarchists, pro-gun, anti-government groups, as well as white nationalists and neo-Nazis.
Related terms
en boogaloo
en electric boogaloo
Translations
subtitle for an imagined series entry
Portuguese: O Inimigo Agora É Outro
Further reading
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo 1
electric boogaloo (dance)
electric boogaloo (disambiguation)
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