goody-goody

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Even non-comic book fans know that the hero born Kal-El on Krypton was always a goody-goody who stood up to bullies and protected the downtrodden.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

“I’ve been fighting that goody-goody stuff for years, because if you let people make you out to be perfect there just ain’t no margin for error,” he told his children.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021

In nearly a dozen stage plays, and in as many movies, Madea has taken aim at no-good freeloaders and goody-goody authorities, all while spreading a hard-headed traditionalism herself.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2019

I was more of a goody-goody, more than people would expect.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2017

I shake my head primly, feeling like a real goody-goody or at least a barren subject for the gossips, present company included.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich