goodie

• Rhymes: -ʊdi

From good +‎ -ie (suffix forming colloquialisms).

goodie

1. Alternative spelling of goody.

From good +‎ -ie (nominal suffix)

goodie (plural goodies)

1. (informal) A good character in a story, often a hero.

   Alternative form: goody

   Antonym: baddie

   • 1986 February 13, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “A Victory for Democracy”, in Yes, Prime Minister, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne):

     All the press, the people and their elected leaders want to know are the goodies and who are the baddies.

   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 127:

     What really gets to me in these goodies versus baddies movies is just how useless the baddies are.

2. Alternative spelling of goody.