Etymology

Mr. Magoo glasses

Today it means: Extremely thick eyewear or the thick frames necessary to support them, particularly eyewear with thick black circular frames. Full definition →

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The story

From J. Quincy Magoo, the extremely myopic main character of Mister Magoo and other American TV shows and advertisements in the 1960s.

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