goody-goody
- n a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior
- s affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous
- In every presidential election from 1968 through 1988, the Democrats nominated a goody-goody (Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis).
- For whatever bright promises and goody-goody talks he may utter, we still consider him persona non grata .
- Screen Cred: As honor student Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, the British actress believably delivers goody-goody lines like, "I'm going to bed before either of you .