gooney
Americanadjective
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Slang. stupid, foolish, or awkward.
a gooney smile on his face.
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Informal. thuggish; brutal.
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Origin of gooney
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She favors expressions like “Oh my gooney goo hoo!” and “Okie pokie dokie shmokie!”
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2013
Overfriendly gooney birds create a hazard by flocking to greet incoming aircraft.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the rules, as one U.S. official puts it, are as elaborately wacky as "the dance of the gooney birds on Wake Island."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even then remote and selfabsorbed, Grace used to write poetry, some serious, some "little gooney ones" that showed a neat turn of phrase.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cup of tea, 7 A.M. and breakfast as usual at 10; turtle and gooney; Heavy sea on reef, and ship fast disappearing, boats out picking up driftwood.
From The Last Cruise of the Saginaw by Read, George H.
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