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レッツラゴー
1. [int] [sl,dated]
《1970s slang; pun on the manga レッツラゴン》
▶ let's go
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2488490 レッツゴー 1. let's go



History:
4. A 2024-01-01 23:52:54  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<s_inf>1970s slang, pun on the manga レッツラゴン</s_inf>
+<s_inf>1970s slang; pun on the manga レッツラゴン</s_inf>
3. A 2019-12-26 19:15:28  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<misc>&dated;</misc>
2. A 2011-06-10 01:50:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
V. interesting.
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +9,1 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2488490">レッツゴー</xref>
@@ -10,1 +11,2 @@
-<gloss>let's go (1970s slang)</gloss>
+<s_inf>1970s slang, pun on the manga レッツラゴン</s_inf>
+<gloss>let's go</gloss>
1. A* 2011-06-09 13:39:55  David G. Ramsey
  Refs:
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q122446237
plus Google
  Comments:
It's hard to find an informative source on this word. A lot of hits come up when you search "レッツラゴー 死語", and the most common etymology traces it back to a pun on the title of the 70s manga レッツラゴン, so it's probably safe to say it's from the 1970s.

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