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J. Bryan, III Richmond, Virginia Roger W. W.scott Drew University Ooglification in American English Slang The coinage ooglification is my expansion of the American slang term oogly, meaning either ` extremely attractive 'or ` extremely unattractive.'
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Sometimes even "blurred" vowels in unaccented syllables are subject to ooglification.
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The form slooze may be influenced by flooz (e) y, "prostitute." slooze i divine divoon o oaf oof (us) short oo push "poosh" ow or ou anyhow anyhoo Not all vowels are equally susceptible to ooglification.
youremyfoible commented on the word ooglification
"It refers to a supposed process by which an oo sound is substituted for another vowel, either to turn a regular English word into slang or to make a slang word even more slangy." -- More information and history at http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-oog1.htm
January 13, 2012