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goop

1[goop]
–noun Informal.
a bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.

Origin:
expressive coinage, appar. first used by Gelett Burgess in his book Goops and How to Be Them (1900)

goop

2[goop]
–noun Slang.
a viscous or sticky substance; goo.

Origin:
1955–60; expressive coinage akin to glop, gook 1 , etc.
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goop   (gōōp)   
n.   Slang
A sticky wet viscous substance.

[Perhaps alteration of goo.]
goop'y adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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