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loosey-goosey

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loos·ey-goos·ey  (ls-gs)
adj.
Visibly relaxed or loose; not tense.

[From the phrase loose as a goose.]

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And the clash of cultures between theAmericans -- Otto and the loosey-goosey Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) -- and Cleese's uptight barrister Archie Leach (Cary Grant's real name) is played for all it's worth.
Ebsen was originally a hoofer, not a ballet dancer--you can get a glimpse of his stylish, loosey-goosey tapping in early movie musicals like Born to Dance.
Director Mike Nichols expertly creates a loosey-goosey comedy-club ambience, but the incessant self-referentialism of Spamalot makes it both timely (all the other musicals, like The Producers and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, are doing it) and redundant.
 
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