Gig is short for 'engagement"? Wiki, pardon my skepticism

You’ve gavotta be kidding.

Just a minuet - I’m getting bourreed of all these galanteries; are you tocca ta me?

/me shoots Le Ministre. “Had to be done,” he said, blowing the smoke from the muzzle of his six shooter.

Okay, that was pretty suite–I think you got allemande-atory dances.

If I weren’t at my condo “clubhouse” for the WiFi I’d grab my OED and learn something. Oh, wait, somebody already has done it for me.

FWIW, I stopped using gig for a music engagement a while ago – I personally just call an engagement “a job.” But plenty of good musicians still use the term “gig” – probably for the ease of communication with the square apples or just from habit.

“Oh, Bob - of course I’ll marry you!”
Frantically dials phone…
“Mom, Bob and I just got gigged!”

Ah, but you forgot about the Da Capo - “I’m Baaaaaaach!”