go Pete Tong

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go Pete Tong

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Named after disc jockey Pete Tong, coined by Paul Oakenfold in late 1987.

verb goes Pete Tong · going Pete Tong · went Pete Tong · gone Pete Tong

  1. Cockney, slang To go wrong. But when Bobby got busted, it all went Pete Tong for him.

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"go Pete Tong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/go%20pete%20tong. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"go Pete Tong." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/go%20pete%20tong.

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@misc{go_pete_tong_2026,
  title = {go Pete Tong},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20pete%20tong},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}