goo goo ga ga
Crib talk stereotype
Goo goo ga ga represents the babbling sounds made by infants, used to evoke or imitate baby talk.
Adults use the phrase when speaking playfully to babies or when mockingly suggesting someone is behaving immaturely.
To go goo goo ga ga over something means to become excessively sentimental or infatuated: She went goo goo ga ga over the puppy.
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- cooingSoft murmuring sounds
- spitExpelled mouth moisture
- gurglingBubbling liquid sound
- baby talkSimplified speech for infants
phonemes · giggle · jabbering · murmuring · language acquisition · preverbal · nursery rhymes · squealing · crying · imitation · speech development · mumbling · drool · milk · baby bottle · crib · rocking chair · burp
goo goo ga galevel-headed
Calm and sensible
cool and collected · unimpressed · indifferent · composed · rational
goo goo ga gaeloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
rhetoric · oratory · persuasive speech · silver-tongued · well-spoken