Great googily moogily

[Wilson Gray]

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>         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.
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>John Baker


"... Best-known for Frank Zappa's use ,,,"

Who's Frank Zappa?

-Wilson Gray

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>From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
>Of Michael Quinion
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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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>Michael Quinion
>Editor, World Wide Words
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