loosey-goosey

[loo-see-goo-see]

adjective

Slang.

1. relaxed; calm; unperturbed.

   Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.

Word History and Origins

Origin of loosey-goosey¹

1965–70; rhyming compound (with -y ¹ ) based on the idiom loose as a goose

Example Sentences

“We were alarmed at the loosey-goosey process that Alex was using to give out hidden gun permits like free bubble gum as a prize,” Kuehl said.

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“It is not random, it is not loosey-goosey, it is not something capricious,” she said.

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The hook is that this showdown is taking place on Valentine’s Day, although the plotting is so loosey-goosey that, for absolutely no reason, people take a nap and the climax doesn’t happen until the evening of Feb. 15.

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Here is another area where even modern financial trading is not this loosey-goosey: If you want to make riskier trades, like with options contracts or crypto, your brokerage will likely make you check more boxes than your betting app will make you check when you fill out a slip for a nine-leg football parlay.

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The code of conduct looks as fake and loosey-goosey as ever.

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