To start here are some definitions:
Courtesy of the Merriam Webster online dictionary:
Notably loose or relaxed: not tense
"A loosey-goosey attitude"
TheFreeDictionary.com:
Visibly relaxed or loose; not tense
"A loosey-goosey attitude"
TheFreeDictionary.com:
Visibly relaxed or loose; not tense
Dictionary.reference.com:
Relaxed; calm; unperturbed
"Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game"
Arod used the adjective loosey-goosey to describe the clubhouse culture way back in 2001-2003, when he used steroids. I've heard that phrase being used maybe twice, once by a kid in kindergarten and probably another time in some nursery rhyme (which rhymes by the way), probably around the same age. You wouldn't really use it in a serious emotional interview where you are admitting to the world how you used a "banned substance".
Saying that the culture was loose would have been totally acceptable and sufficient, there is absolutely no reason to add on the y-goosey to that. I doubt anyone watching the interview would have had this exchange in their head:
Arod: "The culture was different back then, it was real loose"
Person: "He's trying to tell me that it was a different culture back then, but I just don't get it"
Arod: "It was, how can I sum it up better, very loosey-goosey, sometimes clubhouses are loosey and sometimes they are goosey, but very rarely do those come together in a perfect storm to form a loosey-goosey culture where anything goes"
Person: "Ahh now I get it, I completely forgive Arod!"
So it was obviously a bad word choice. On second thought look at that last definition used in a sentence, "despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game". Maybe we shouldn't poke fun at Arod, I think he was on to something here, loosey-goosey is used around sports all the time to describe an athlete's performance and demeanor. There was immense pressure in Texas for Arod to play for his record setting contract, but the loose-goosey culture enabled him to use a banned substance, that for the life of him he can't remember but Selena Roberts could tell you exactly, and fight through it. I mean everyone knows that the pressures of playing in New York are teensy-weensy (hyphenated words are extremely underrated and underused) compared to those of Texas. These online dictionaries could really benefit by using Arod's loosey-goosey use as an example of the word.
Seriously now, I think we all can agree there were some major holes in Arod's interview, and although I have bashed him a lot for it I think it's now time to stop and thank him for using the word loosey-goosey. He's bringing back a great word into our vernacular and I'll laugh at any simple joke that uses the word loosey-goosey for at least the next 6 months. Baseball players may now be tainted, the records not considered legitimate, but you have to look on the bright side, at least we have loosey-goosey.
Just for the record, loosey-goosey isn't even on this site's spellchecker.
Relaxed; calm; unperturbed
"Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game"
Arod used the adjective loosey-goosey to describe the clubhouse culture way back in 2001-2003, when he used steroids. I've heard that phrase being used maybe twice, once by a kid in kindergarten and probably another time in some nursery rhyme (which rhymes by the way), probably around the same age. You wouldn't really use it in a serious emotional interview where you are admitting to the world how you used a "banned substance".
Saying that the culture was loose would have been totally acceptable and sufficient, there is absolutely no reason to add on the y-goosey to that. I doubt anyone watching the interview would have had this exchange in their head:
Arod: "The culture was different back then, it was real loose"
Person: "He's trying to tell me that it was a different culture back then, but I just don't get it"
Arod: "It was, how can I sum it up better, very loosey-goosey, sometimes clubhouses are loosey and sometimes they are goosey, but very rarely do those come together in a perfect storm to form a loosey-goosey culture where anything goes"
Person: "Ahh now I get it, I completely forgive Arod!"
So it was obviously a bad word choice. On second thought look at that last definition used in a sentence, "despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game". Maybe we shouldn't poke fun at Arod, I think he was on to something here, loosey-goosey is used around sports all the time to describe an athlete's performance and demeanor. There was immense pressure in Texas for Arod to play for his record setting contract, but the loose-goosey culture enabled him to use a banned substance, that for the life of him he can't remember but Selena Roberts could tell you exactly, and fight through it. I mean everyone knows that the pressures of playing in New York are teensy-weensy (hyphenated words are extremely underrated and underused) compared to those of Texas. These online dictionaries could really benefit by using Arod's loosey-goosey use as an example of the word.
Seriously now, I think we all can agree there were some major holes in Arod's interview, and although I have bashed him a lot for it I think it's now time to stop and thank him for using the word loosey-goosey. He's bringing back a great word into our vernacular and I'll laugh at any simple joke that uses the word loosey-goosey for at least the next 6 months. Baseball players may now be tainted, the records not considered legitimate, but you have to look on the bright side, at least we have loosey-goosey.
Just for the record, loosey-goosey isn't even on this site's spellchecker.
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