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Monday, February 23, 2009
 
The Word Detective Tracks "gig", whirly and otherwise
"The first incarnation of 'gig,' around 1225, was to mean 'a flighty, giddy girl,' although this sense may well have been based on an earlier sense of 'gig' meaning 'something that spins or whirls' (as later found in 'whirligig')."
 
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