goo-gooとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• gugu

名詞

goo-goo (plural goo-goos)

1. (ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A Filipino person.

語源 2

From good government. Attested from the 1890s.

別の表記

• Goo-Goo

名詞

goo-goo (plural goo-goos)

1. (US, politics, derogatory) A government reformer.
   • 1912 December 4, “Voters, Aroused, Rout Goo-Goo Gangsters”, in Los Angeles Times‎, archived from the original on 30 June 2013:

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

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

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

参考

• do-gooder

語源 3

Uncertain; perhaps from goggle. Attested from 1900.

形容詞

goo-goo (comparative more goo-goo, superlative most goo-goo)

1. (slang, usually of the eyes) Amorous, affectionate.
   • 1900, “Just Because She Made Dem Goo-goo Eyes”, John Queen (lyrics), Hughley Cannon (music):

     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

   • 2011, Carolyn Moring Lowes, Awakening Avery‎, page 2:

     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.

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

     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.”

派生語

• goo-goo eyes

語源 4

間投詞

goo-goo

1. (onomatopoeia) The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech.

派生語

• goo goo ga ga

参照

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “goo-goo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

参考

• goo goo ga ga