interjection, similar to "great Caesar's ghost" and "jumpin' Jehosaphat," this nonsense phrase can be heard in the song "Goin' Down
Slow" by Howlin Wolf, and in Frank Zappa's song "
Don't Eat The Yellow
Snow."
sure, anyone can shout "
holy shit" or "jesus fucking christ." but it takes a person of
rare insight and a sense of musical
history to say "great googly-moogly" without sounding infantile.