Murakami/Rubin: gooshy

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Marius Hancu - 30 May 2010 11:53 GMT

Hello:

What are the various meanings of "gooshy?"

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This thing inside me, this gooshy white thing like a lump, was taking
over, taking _me_ over, eating me up.

The wind-up bird chronicle, p. 321‎
By Haruki Murakami, Tr. Jay Rubin
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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CDB - 30 May 2010 12:46 GMT

> What are the various meanings of "gooshy?"

Looks like a portmanteau of "gooey" and "mushy".

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Athel Cornish-Bowden - 30 May 2010 13:36 GMT

>> What are the various meanings of "gooshy?"

Maybe this will help: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gooshy

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Marius Hancu - 30 May 2010 17:16 GMT

On May 30, 8:36 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden <acorn...@ifr88.cnrs-mrs.fr>
wrote:

> >> What are the various meanings of "gooshy?"
>
> Maybe this will help:http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gooshy

Well, I went to Google Books before posting, didn't find anything
reasonable with

gooshy slang
gooshy dictionary

so ...

The entry at Urban Dictionary isn't OK here either.

Marius Hancu

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Murakami/Rubin: gooshy