goon

Oznaczający (English)

1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence.
2. A fool; someone who is silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
3. An enforcer or fighter.
4. A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
5. (slang) One hired to legally kidnap a child and forcibly transport them to a boot camp, boarding school, wilderness therapy, or a similar rehabilitation facility.
6. A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

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thug

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turkey

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street wine

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/ɡuːn/

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In summary

tableShortened from gooney, from obsolete gony ("simpleton", circa 1580), of unknown origin. Perhaps a familiar term derived from Middle English gone, a variant of gome (“man, person”). Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). Goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921). Compare Scots gon(n)i, gun(n)i (“a bogey, bugbear, hobgoblin”), dialectal Swedish gonnar (“elves, goblins”, plural). * The meaning of "hired thug" (circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character Alice the Goon from the Popeye series. * The "fool" sense was reinforced by the popular radio program, The Goon Show, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. * The "guard" sense was influenced by both senses 1 and 2, though not by the Goon Show reference, which arose about 10 years after WWII.

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