What does ooshy-gooshy mean?
Ooshy-gooshy means (informal) cloyingly sentimental.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal) cloyingly sentimental.
Loving your brother doesn't mean that you have to feel ooshy-gooshy about him. It doesn't even really mean that you have to like him a lot. But it does mean that you need to choose to show him respect and to look out for his best interests […]
They fell head over heels in love and enjoyed the ooshy-gooshy stage of their relationship as long as it would last.
Use ooshy-gooshy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ooshy-gooshy means (informal) cloyingly sentimental.
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Loving your brother doesn't mean that you have to feel ooshy-gooshy about him. It doesn't even really mean that you have to like him a lot. But it does mean that you need to choose to show him respect and to look out for his best interests […]
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