goody-goody



goody-goody

1. noun Someone who exclusively follows the rules and caters to authority figures; a teacher's pet. Jill's classmates called her a goody-goody after she volunteered to supervise the class while the teacher was away.
2. adjective Self-righteous or sanctimonious. Forget your goody-goody rules and go out on a school night for once!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gene[dʒi:n]
Eleonorae-le-o-NO-rah (German), E-le-o-no-rah (Finnish), e-le-aw-NAW-rah (Polish)Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian
MariËLle-Dutch
Beso-Georgian
Osman-Turkish
Lina (3)-Indian, Hindi