loosey goosey

A form of loosey-goosey — relaxed

Meanings

adjectiveloosey goosey (comparative more loosey goosey, superlative most loosey goosey)

comparative more loosey goosey · superlative most loosey goosey · alternative loosey-goosey

  1. alternativeAlternative form of loosey-goosey.

    So while my summers were probably a little more unstructured than my sons’, it was not all loosey goosey.

    2009 January 17, Alina Tugend, “Portfolio in Ruins, It’s Time to Pay for Summer Camp”, in New York Times
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