goops

Noun

goop (usually uncountable, plural goops)

1. (informal, usually) A thick, slimy substance; goo.
   • The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the...2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the...
2. (countable, dated, derogatory, informal, usually) A silly, stupid, or boorish person.
   • I pointed out that Stiffy, who is pure padded cell from the foundation up, was planning to marry the Rev. H.P. Pinker, himself as pronounced a goop as ever preached the Hivites and Hittites1963, P.G. Wodehouse, Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, chapter 22

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