Gook (???) (1912) -- Goo-goo

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Wed Mar 16 05:55:19 UTC 2005


>Maury Maverick is said to have coined/popularized it in 1944. You have  1943?
>In any case, it's not much older than that.

Right, on closer glance, March 1944, spelled "gobbledygook" usually. The
1943 date was in error.

I suppose modeled on "hobbledehoy" maybe.

-- Doug Wilson



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