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Mon, 08 Dec 1997 09:37:39 -0500
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Re: (idm) off topic : goon
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At 11:31 AM 12/8/97 +0000, ab4@dircon.co.uk wrote:
quoted 9 lines Goon is a slang word in English, not oft used anymores, meaning a right> >Goon is a slang word in English, not oft used anymores, meaning a right >twat, sort of someone who laughs inanely in places where others just cant >find the joke ... a one off oddbod ... but curiously enuff, considering da >Global Goon's from Yorkshire not Cornwall, Goon is a very commonly used >prefix to Cornish place names, as in Goonhavern, Goonhilly Downs ..., not >quite sure of the Kernow exact definition, perhaps the Rephlex Krew could >help out on that one! >
i don't really think 'goon' is slang in any language, but more or less a universal term in the english language referring to anyone who is generally dull-witted. - wells oliver : s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu "all these things we'll one day swallow whole and fade out again and fade out again"