Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) to enjoy oneself, to ‘party’, to dance.

1941		Life 27 Jan. 78: To go booging [W&F].
1946		Amos Milburn [song title] My Baby’s Booging.
1968		A. Myrer Once an Eagle 435: Head like a ’gator, / Nose like a tyam, / But when she wants to boog-it, ooh! ooh! hot famn! [HDAS].
1973		in Andrews & Owens Black Lang.
1999		Wargaming & Roleplaying Society, University College Cork 🌐 After this we’ll be moving to the Hairy Lemon for beer and pizza galore. From here, it’s on to Henry’s for an exhibition of horrible drunken booging.
2001		DTI (Sth Africa) 🌐 [pic. caption] Mbali, Lwando and Nolitha booging to Ismael’s hits.