loosey-goosey

[ loo-see-goo-see ]

adjectiveSlang.

relaxed; calm; unperturbed: Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.

Origin of loosey-goosey

¹

1965–70; rhyming compound (with -y¹) based on the idiom loose as a goose

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How to use loosey-goosey in a sentence

But the idea of enforcing laws according to whether you like them or not seems a little loosey-goosey.
PJ’s Political Forecast: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatheads | P. J. O’Rourke | March 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

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