# Boogey-ing vs. Boogey-Woogey-ing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogey-ing-vs-boogey-woogey-ing/745738>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 10, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogey-ing-vs-boogey-woogey-ing/745738 "2016-02-10T18:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogey-ing-vs-boogey-woogey-ing/745738/21 "2016-02-12T07:54:51Z")

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Not reading the other replies:

If you’re going to “boogie,” you’re doing the hustle or some sort of jive.

If you’re going to “boogie-woogie” then you’re dancing some sort of swing/jive (aha!)/jitterbug.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boogey-ing-vs-boogey-woogey-ing/745738/22 "2016-02-12T18:38:15Z")

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One is a wonderland. The other is a type of flu.

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