Talk:googly-moogly

RFV discussion: January–February 2019
Magical incantation. One book is cited, which seems to be making it up arbitrarily ("say a magic word, such as googly-moogly"); no evidence that this is in general magical use. If this RFV fails, remember to remove Category:en:Magic words and please check the alt forms and incoming links such as the synonyms at hey presto. Equinox ◑ 01:49, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 23:40, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

Derivation
@Chuterix, re:, I have not been able to nail this down in a way that makes other editors happy. @Kiwima initially created this EN entry, and tracing this to 🇨🇬. Other editors have since removed that due to issues with dating the first appearance in English. Even if googaly moogaly only appears later as an alteration of googa mooga, I suspect at least influence from the JA term via WWII or Korean War veterans. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 19:17, 4 December 2023 (UTC)