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Zimmerman Friend "He Said Goon, Not Coon" A term of Endearment... (Original Post)
Grassy Knoll
Mar 2012
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)1. Epic fail.
That's the lamest explanation I've ever heard.
pennylane100
(3,425 posts)2. Of course, all killers refer to their victim endearingly
just before hunting him down and killing them.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)3. +1
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)5. Like "Dear" hunting ?
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)4. Who in gods name is making this idiot.....
talk like this, he has no other point but to look a fool or brainwashed
by somebody in FL to fear that tight roped toy the south loved to play with.
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)6. and being called a "fucking goon" is even more endearing.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)7. A term of endearment? When modified by "fucking" in an angry tone?
I suppose goon is a term of endearment if you think workers fighting for the right to organize should have the crap beaten out of them.
ScottLand
(2,485 posts)8. And with a straight face too!
Hats off to you, you (term of endearment)!!!!
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)9. Not a term of endearment
goon |goōn|
noun informal
1 a silly, foolish, or eccentric person.
2 a bully or thug, esp. one hired to terrorize or do away with opposition : a squad of goons waving pistols.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect gooney [booby] ; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (18941938), American cartoonist.
noun informal
1 a silly, foolish, or eccentric person.
2 a bully or thug, esp. one hired to terrorize or do away with opposition : a squad of goons waving pistols.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps from dialect gooney [booby] ; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character Alice the Goon, created by E. C. Segar (18941938), American cartoonist.