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gaga

gaga

2 8.2
Very excited and attracted to someone or something
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡæɡə/
  • Informal
translation icon : enloquecido por
  • You're really gaga about Audrey, aren't you?
  • so gaga

Examples

  • Who was that girl you were so gaga over?

  • He's totally gaga for that cum-dumpster.

  • She is giving me old school Gaga and I love it.

  • Yeah, you know, I was doing little Gaga nuances that she had going on.

  • I can't see why everyone is so absolutely gaga about her.

  • It looks super black, really bold, very Gaga, feels very Gaga.

  • I think that that that those kind of combos like Gaga and Tony Bennett made me smile.

  • And once you've done that, you have those Gaga nude lined precious lips.

  • Even the ones I wasn't totally gaga over—the ones I was only kind of head over heels for—

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  • Everyone was gaga over the new superhero movie, praising its special effects.

Synonyms

crazy
vsgaga
  • Informal
3.5

Very enthusiastic or excited, often in a way that seems unreasonable

is more about strong fondness or infatuation rather than irrationality
obsessed
vsgaga
245 4.8

Very strongly interested in someone or something and thinking about them all the time

is also about intense excitement or infatuation not only long persistent focus
wild
vsgaga
103 4.4

Very enthusiastic about someone or something

is equally intense but also often implies affectionate infatuation
enamored
vsgaga
  • US
5 6.8

Very much in love with a person, place, or thing

is less about formal admiration and more about strong excited preoccupation
besotted
vsgaga
1 7.2

Very much in love with someone or something and often thinking only about them

is broader, covering excited interest or obsession beyond just romantic love
dotty
vsgaga
  • UK
8.2

Extremely fond of someone or something

is more energetic excitement or deeper infatuation rather than odd fondness
geeked
vsgaga
  • Slang
8.9

Feeling very excited and eager about something

is less slangy and includes love or long preoccupation as well

Antonyms

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

How Enthusiastic

obsessed
245 4.8
gaga
  • Informal
2 8.2
enthusiastic
175 2.7
fond
223 1.0
interested
1.0

Surface Forms

gaga positive

Etymology

Gaga probably comes from baby talk ga-ga, like 'baby sounds' little children make when they are excited; a helpful way to remember this is to picture someone acting like an excited child, so to be gaga over someone or something is to be very enthusiastic or infatuated.