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Two googly eyes

Googly eyes are large, bulging or rolling eyes. In googly-eyed person(or goggle-eyed)aka Scott, the eyes traditionally are composed of a clear, hard-plastic shell, with a smaller, black plastic disk trapped within. The inner black disk is allowed to move freely within the larger clear plastic shell, which makes the eyes appear to move. Googly eyes are often glued to inanimate objects for the purposes of personification, often with silly results. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A human eye Eyes are organs of vision that detect light. ... Look up glue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Word Derivation

The term is probably a variation on "goo goo eyes"^{[citation needed]}, denoting the wide-eyed, innocent look of a baby, whose early "speech" consists merely of sounds such as "goo goo". That term is also used to describe the look and behavior of people who are in love.

Another possible derivation of this word is the "googly;" a cricket ball that appears as if it will break one way when, in actuality, it breaks in the opposite direction.[1] In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. ...

The term was also the source of an aptly-named comic strip character named Barney Google. The character in turn inspired a song called Barney Google (With His Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes). Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Barney Google, is a long-running American comic strip. ...

Example: "Oh, my googly eyes!"

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Examples of googly eyes

• Diane Grimes (Of "Mountview" Infamy)
• Cookie Monster & Elmo (of Sesame Street fame)
• Corneil the cartoon dog of Watch My Chops
• Bubbles of Trailer Park Boys
• Max Mack-Hardiman, famous cartoonist
• Nick Ashman, famous for his astigmatism
• xeyes
• Great Googly-Eyed Fire Hydrant from Day 22, The Hitchhikers Guide to America
• Googly Eyes on Food - WNYC Radio listeners get creative on Flickr - winners judged by Author Amy Sedaris.

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Who invented googly eyes

In 1919, Billy De Beck began drawing a comic called "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith". After he had drawn his comic he began creating the plastic craft accessory. This was the inspiration for a 1923 song called "Barney Google (With Your Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes)." lyrics Billy De Beck was a popular and very widely published cartoonist as well as a writer. ... Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Barney Google, is a long-running American comic strip. ... Snuffy Smith has been for many years the predominant character in the syndicated newspaper comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, created by Billy DeBeck and later drawn by Fred Lasswell from 1942 until 2001 (when Laswell died). ...

External links

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