good ole
Nostalgically reliable, trusted
Good ole (also good old, good ol') expresses nostalgic affection or familiar fondness for something traditional or reliable: good ole days, good ole boy, good ole American cooking.
The spelling reflects Southern American pronunciation and carries a folksy, down-home quality.
A good ole boy is a white Southern man perceived as unpretentious and sociable—or, depending on context, part of an exclusionary network of insiders.
- back in the dayIn times past
- down-homeUnpretentiously simple and welcoming
- hometownOne's place of origin
- small townModest rural settlement
- nostalgicLonging for the past
down home cooking · mama's cooking · honest · familiar · comforting · front porch · southern hospitality · sweet tea · classic · cherished · down-to-earth · traditional · timeless · humble · dialectal · welcoming · colloquialism · vernacular
good olenewfangled
Modern in unwelcome way
unfamiliar · strange · foreign · alien · unknown
good olebrand-new
Completely unused, just made
new · newfangled · modern · contemporary · cutting-edge
good olefancy
Elaborate or decorative
highfalutin · uppity · pretentious · cosmopolitan · sophisticated
good, ole, goodness, goodly, goods, older, oldest, olden, eldest