I always thought it was related to music: [Chuck] Brown didn’t just invent go-go, says Johnson, he reinvented what dance bands do. “It’s non-stop. We go from one song to the next to the next – there’s no break,” he says. That’s where the name go-go derives – it’s music with a beat that just goes and goes. Percussive solos are its signature – conga drums, cowbells, timbales, anything with a beat. These transitions between songs turn into crescendos that keep the dance floor buzzing. “That was Brown’s genius,” says Johnson. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/14/washington-dc-go-go-music-hits-back-gentrification-sould-of-a-city

Same idea but wiki says the practice came from Spain in the early 16th century Red tape

Stacey_mb I worked in a government library, and didn't know the formal definition of a white paper until now! ETA: name.

Kill with kindness In Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, Petrucio explains all the measures he intends to take to curb his headstrong Kate. He plans all sorts of tricks to keep her awake night after night. Then sums up by saying: “This is a way to kill a wife with kindness. And thus I’ll curb her mad and headstrong humour.”