goo-goo

plural goo-goos · alternative gugu

1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurvulgarA Filipino person.

plural goo-goos · alternative Goo-Goo

1. USderogatorygovernmentA government reformer.

   Some goo-goos are so relentless in their pursuit of goo-gooism that they become a public menace.

   1993 December 7, Mike Royko, “Pass the pablums, it's goo-goo time”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013, page 13

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   Stinging Rebuke Administered to Bald Attempt to Grab City; Goo-Goo Clique Swept Off Their Feet by Landslide Against Municipal Freak

   1912 December 4, “Voters, Aroused, Rout Goo-Goo Gangsters”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013

comparative more goo-goo · superlative most goo-goo

1. slangusuallyAmorous, affectionate.

   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.

   2011, Carolyn Moring Lowes, Awakening Avery, page 2

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   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

   1900, “Just Because She Made Dem Goo-goo Eyes”, John Queen (lyrics), Hughley Cannon (music)

   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.”

   2012, Mitchel P. Roth, Tom Kennedy, Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department, page 52

1. onomatopoeicThe noise of a baby trying to imitate speech.