goody-goody

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   disapproving: excessively or affectedly virtuous, pious, or well behaved

   The speech ended with a goody-goody appeal that sounded completely insincere.

2. 2
   noun

   disapproving: a person who behaves conspicuously well and seems smug about it

   The other children mocked him as a goody-goody for always obeying the rules.

A reduplication of goody, from good + -y. The expression developed as a mocking label for affected or tiresome goodness and is related in sense to goody two-shoes.

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