goop

goop
goop1
/goohp/, n. Informal.
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.
[expressive coinage, appar. first used by Gelett Burgess in his book Goops and How to Be Them (1900)]
goop2
/goohp/, n. Slang.
a viscous or sticky substance; goo.
[1955-60; expressive coinage akin to GLOP, GOOK1, etc.]

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