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Thread #16724   Message #157608
Posted By: WyoWoman
03-Jan-00 - 08:29 PM
Thread Name: Origin of verb 'to gig?'
Subject: RE: Origin of verb 'to gig?'
Oh, my lord. Well ... uh ... I guess on one level EVERYthign comes down to sex -- certainly with musicians. But, I certainly can't think of the connection, unless it derived from streetwalkers and musicians simply adopted the word for their own form of "prostitution." (Hey, I have a fertile imagination.)