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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal A sticky wet viscous substance.
  2. n. Informal Sentimental drivel.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery; frequently of vague or unknown composition, or a bodily fluid.
  2. n. Excessive, showy sentimentality
  3. n. An example of baby talk.
  4. v. To apply goo to something.
  5. v. To produce baby talk.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any thick, viscous matter

Etymologies

  1. Perhaps short for burgoo.

Examples

  • “Now many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome - good government.”

    The BRAD BLOG

  • “Lady Gaga makes catwalk debut in Paris Photo: Lady Gaga eyes legal action over breast milk ice cream Photo in Slideshow: Jay-Z Sean Carter, Beyonce Knowles … Entertainment Video: 'American Idol' Recap: The Top Thirteen Perform Entertainment Video: Greyson Chance: The Next Sensation Report Abuse In a related story, Lady Gaga has announced lawsuits against three million babies nationwide for using the phrase "goo goo gaga".”

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion

  • “His mother thinks 'goo' is awful childish, and she is at him all the time to say 'Daddy-dinger,' but he never lets on he hears her.”

    Sowing Seeds in Danny

  • “The only thing this butt-hole nitwit should be left in charge of is cleaning the brown goo from the church coffee urn.”

    Think Progress » Who Is Randy ‘Baby Killer’ Neugebauer?

  • “Steen: The point at which you're mixing up your own engine goo is when it goes from being a "hobby" to a "borderline deathwish" ...”

    One Tenth Scale Saturn V to Fly - NASA Watch

  • “So, as I write, yellowy green goo is building up in my lacrimal system and requires repetitive and tender cleaning every half hour or so, which is fun.”

    …conjunctivitis « Sven’s guide to…

  • “The Sanskrit word for matter is gu, curiously similar to our English word goo, a sticky substance in which one can get stuck.”

    Simon & Schuster: Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar

  • “They layer me in goo and basically mummify me without taking my organs.”

    2007 Paley Festival Recap: HEROES | the TV addict

  • “ZJCW: Pardon me, but I was drinking brains when I read this, and laughing sprayed brain goo all over my computer monitor.”

    INTERVIEW: Zombie John C. Wright

  • “It is warming up to burn the appropriate set of neural pathways into a now-lifeless hunk of proto-brain goo awaiting insertion in a clone body.”

    The Penumbras and Emanations of Property M

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‘goo’ has been looked up 1885 times, loved by 2 people, added to 10 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 4.