Goos


[goo] /gu/

noun, Informal.
1.
a thick or sticky substance:
Wash that goo off your hands.
2.
maudlin sentimentality.
/ɡuː/
noun (informal)
1.
a sticky or viscous substance
2.
coy or sentimental language or ideas
n.

1903, American English, of obscure origin, probably a back-formation from gooey.

noun

[perhaps sound symbolism, influenced by glue; perhaps fr bur-goo, ”oatmeal porridge”]
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