Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of goo-goo.
Examples
“I believe people have a right to petition their government, she told the Post's Mary Ann Akers in a statement that may give some goo-goos * heartburn, but makes sense to me.”
“This is the Virginia model and it works well, as it did at the national level for decades before the goo-goos got into the act.”
“The liberal goo-goos want to ban money from politics, but now their political hero has made them look like fools—twice.”
“Charlie Rangel and Cotton Mather would not have been good friends; at a time when the Democratic resurgence is threatened by widespread populist revolt, the goo-goos have unleashed the dogs of war against their less-than-perfect allies.”
“In the House, the goo-goos are calling for Rangel to step down from his powerful committee chair.”
“But the grimly moral goo-goos are the hardest people in America to get along with.”
“The three men shared a contempt for machine politics and mushy reformers (called "mugwumps" or "goo-goos").”
“Except for a few goo-goos preaching the Good Government Gospel, there are no special interests for reform.”
“Since their regulatory apparatus has been declared unconstitutional, the goo-goos now want to inflate routine legal campaign-finance maneuvering into felonies.”
“Campaign finance goo-goos are dancing with joy at DeLay ' s conviction, hoping more prosecutors will pick up the money-laundering charge.”
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
Tweets
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john "Her campaign doesn’t depend on the enthusiasm of upper-middle-class goo-goos."
The New York Times, Playing by Clinton Rules, by David Brooks, March 6, 2008 Mar 7, 2008