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No one is really sure, but there are two possible theories. One is that it was used when someone was referring to a "gambling bet" or undertaking which then came to refer to music. Another idea is that is originated from the French word gigue which means to dance and later it came to mean what the word gig means today, more specifically related to music, but also used for other jobs that one does not care too much for in a certain sense.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y ago"Gig" was first used to describe a light carriage or small boat, 1790. Around 1905 -1915 it was coined to mean a job by jazz musicians. "the great gig in the sky" is a great Pink Floyd tune from the 1970's.
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