goo-goo
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.11 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Stinging Rebuke Administered to Bald Attempt to Grab City; Goo-Goo Clique Swept Off Their Feet by Landslide Against Municipal Freak"
- "Some goo-goos are so relentless in their pursuit of goo-gooism that they become a public menace."
- "I wants to ask one question now, please let me call you dear, It cost a lot to gain a rep. But I’ll blow the road right here, if you’ll be mine, if you’ll be mine, Just because you makes them goo-goo eyes"
- "I have to admit he is really easy on the eyes, but I don’t go all goo-goo over him every time he’s near like most of the girls in class."
- "A Ordinance to Suppress Flirting, aka “Goo-Goo Eyes” (1905) The so-called “Goo-Goo Eyes” ordinance prescribed penalties for men who made “goo-goo eyes at, or in any other manner look at or make remarks to or concerning, or cough or whistle at, or do any other act to attract the attention of any woman.”"
Etymology
First attested circa 1899, in US military slang, probably from American soldiers during the Philippine-American War hearing Tagalog gago (“idiot; fool; simpleton”) and Tagalog gaga (“female idiot; female fool”) and considering it to sound like babbling (goo goo ga ga). Possibly influenced by goo-goo eyes, which "was in vogue c. 1900 and may have contributed to this somehow" since early uses of goo-goo and gook refer specifically to prostitutes who followed army camps. See also gook.
Word Breakdown
Usage
- Derogatory
- Offensive
- American usage
- Slang