adj
Meaning 1
Amorous, affectionate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, usually
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Standard Lemma guide
goo-goo
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Sound
Pronunciation
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intj
Meaning 2
The noise of a baby trying to imitate speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: onomatopoeic
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noun
Meaning 3
A Filipino person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar
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noun
Meaning 4
A government reformer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory
Topics: government, politics
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History
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from goggle. Attested from 1900.
First attested circa 1899, in US military slang, probably from American soldiers during the Philippine-American War hearing Tagalog gago (“idiot; fool; simpleton”) and Tagalog gaga (“female idiot; female fool”) and considering it to sound like babbling (goo goo ga ga). Possibly influenced by goo-goo eyes, which "was in vogue c. 1900 and may have contributed to this somehow" since early uses of goo-goo and gook refer specifically to prostitutes who followed army camps. See also gook.
From good government. Attested from the 1890s.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: gugu — noise of a baby trying to imitate speech
- Russian: агу́-агу́ (agú-agú) — noise of a baby trying to imitate speech
- Vietnamese: bi bô — noise of a baby trying to imitate speech
- Vietnamese: bập bẹ — noise of a baby trying to imitate speech