Where "Full as a Goog" Comes From
"Goog" — meaning an egg — comes from the Scots dialect children's word "goggie" or "googie," which may be related to Irish or Scots Gaelic words for egg. Because an egg is packed tightly to its shell with no empty space, it became the perfect image for absolute fullness. The phrase "full as a goog" was first documented in Australian English in 1927 and belongs to the rich tradition of colourful Australian vernacular similes.
The phrase can describe food-fullness after a big meal, or intoxication after too many drinks — the egg's completeness works equally as a metaphor for either state. It sits alongside "full as a boot," "full as a tick," and "full as a state school" in Australia's taxonomy of having had more than enough of something.
Source: wordhistories.net — "'(as) full as a goog': meanings and early occurrences"
"I couldn't manage another bite of pavlova, mate — I'm full as a goog."
How Aussies Actually Use It
Commonly declared with satisfaction at the end of a family barbecue, Christmas lunch, or pub dinner.
Can also refer colloquially to someone who has had a few too many beers at the pub.
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