This is for the non-Australians. Who ask, what is a goog? Is it a word? Is it made up? And what kind of nickname is it anyway?
Goog is slang in Australia for egg. As some of you have pointed out, why on earth would you need a slang word for egg – egg is after all shorter than goog. One of those grand mysteries of language. I have no idea. Although for some reason googy is a child’s word for egg – and googy or goog has made it’s way into the Australian vernacular.
So Good Goog is actually Good Egg. Hence the picture of Riley in an egg.
Looking back, Riley had many nicknames – Mooshy, Googy, Shmoo, Frue, Moosh Moosh and most recently GB (abbreviation of Googy Bear). Josh came up with most of them. Only Googy and GB have really stood the test of time. And luckily, she does know her own name, which I was concerned about for awhile. I think a lot of the names go back to her pudgy, mooshy baby cheeks. Which thankfully, she hasn’t lost, even as a two year old.
I prefer good goog to good girl. And, really I am trying to avoid ‘good’ as a term of endearment altogether. Which leaves me with a bit of a dilemma with the nickname altogether. But I’m very attached to it. The goog part at least.
As with most things, I think it will be out of my hands before I even have time to think about it much. Just this morning when Riley crawled into our bed at about 6am (sleep in!) and was lying next to me, I wrapped my arm around her and she pushed it away ‘No!’ and would vehemently say ‘No!’ any time I got to close to her.
Independence is already here.
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LOL… im Australian and i didnt even now that goog is slang for egg;-0learn something new daily
just another one of my blonde moments i gather:-P
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I was actually thinking that the other day Zoey, about your site- “She must mean the Good Egg”. I’m an Aussie and I’d never heard that term until I was a teenager. but I’m allergic to eggs, so that may explain it!
.-= Lori´s last blog ..The Good Goog =-.
Okay – that makes SO much more sense now. You aussies and your funny words…..
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That makes so much more sense. I actually googled ‘goog’ to find out what it was. 
Neat post! 
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I am SO glad you explained! I’ve always wondered. Coincidental sidenote – I had just clicked onto your site to read this post when my hubby looked over and said “what does Goog mean, anyway?” I said “funny you should ask!”.-= Dionna @ Code Name: Mama´s last blog ..The Joys of Breastfeeding a Toddler #6 =-.
Ah… egg! Okay then. I think Australians could just about do away with the entire English language and communicate entirely in slang. The first time I visited your fair country I stood there with a blank face, listening to conversations, thinking to myself: What. The. F***???
They say the more words a culture has for something, the more they “deal” with it. Something like the Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. So, do Aussies have a lot of exposure to eggs? HEHE **muah**.-= Amber´s last blog ..Baby Names =-.
Thanks for clarifying. I had no idea what a Goog was. I didn’t think much of your site name because my grandmother used to say “Good Googamoo” and it just seemed normal to me. LOL.
Regarding your tag, I’ve never heard of extended co-sleeping, like extended breastfeeding. Wouldn’t that indicate there was a minimum age through which it was suggested to co-sleep?
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It just rolls of the tongue doesn’t it?
Regarding the tag – I use ‘extended co-sleeping’ as a way of differentiating between posts about co-sleeping as a baby and co-sleeping as a toddler. There is no minimum age, really. But I can’t claim the word for myself – Dagmar has an article about extended co-sleeping here – http://dagmarbleasdale.com/2009/09/extended-co-sleeping/ which is where I got the idea for the term in the first place.
Thanks for the link. I’m completely supportive of cosleeping through any age, but I think “extended cosleeping” is a strange way to put it. Unlike breastfeeding, cosleeping never needs to end if it’s working for everyone involved. Also unlike breastfeeding, I think it’s more of a situational benefit than a medical one..-= Lynda´s last blog ..Bow Wow Luau [135/365] =-.