Great googily moogily

[Baker, John]

        I would say it goes back to the song "Good Googa Mooga," which I believe was by the Magic Tones in 1953.  It seems to be best-known for Frank Zappa's use in "Nanook Rubs It," There's a discussion of the term at http://www.1960sailors.net/05c1_googamooga.htm.

John Baker


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A WWWords subscriber from Poland asks me about "great googily
moogily". Can somebody put both him and me out of our respective
miseries and tell us where it comes from?

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