Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Amorous or loving, often humorously so.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. & disparaging same as
goody-goody , n..
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- noun derogatory A
Philippine person. - noun US, politics, pejorative A government
reformer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Babies, whose trailer has been causing outbreaks of goo-goo nirvana since last fall, opens Friday.
Documentary 'Babies' touches hearts, makes mothers' day 2010
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Babies, whose trailer has been causing outbreaks of goo-goo nirvana since last fall, opens Friday.
Documentary 'Babies' touches hearts, makes mothers' day 2010
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And when he caught them making goo-goo eyes, he discreetly excused himself.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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When I first started reading these “process” posts on Yglesias, I said to myself, “Oh boy, more wonky goo-goo analysis, of the kind that never changes anything.”
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And that blond hair—it still makes the teenagers go goo-goo!
Golfers Bask in the Summer of Jack Jason Gay 2011
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And when he caught them making goo-goo eyes, he discreetly excused himself.
David Macaray: Double Agents David Macaray 2011
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On the big screen, Garner showed up in Daredevil to make goo-goo eyes with Ben Affleck and then get impaled on a sai just moments into her first battle.
Scott Mendelson: Why Wonder Woman belongs on television, where female superheroes thrive. Scott Mendelson 2011
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On the big screen, Garner showed up in Daredevil to make goo-goo eyes with Ben Affleck and then get impaled on a sai just moments into her first battle.
Scott Mendelson: Why Wonder Woman belongs on television, where female superheroes thrive. Scott Mendelson 2011
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For horror fans who can't bear to watch as defanged vampires and cuddly werewolves make goo-goo eyes over some girl with shiny hair, there's still one monster who resists taming: You will never catch a zombie mooning pretentiously over his true love.
5 books on zombies Yvonne Zipp 2010
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Everyone is goo-goo about the West Branch of the Delaware.
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From the examples:
“For horror fans who can't bear to watch as defanged vampires and cuddly werewolves make goo-goo eyes over some girl with shiny hair, there's still one monster who resists taming: You will never catch a zombie mooning pretentiously over his true love.”
The Washington Post: 5 books on zombies
August 23, 2012