Goon
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A goon is is a term for a hired thug. That is usually sent out to do the dirty work for the people who hire them. It is also used as a word meaning fool. A goon can also be a member of a gang like the Goon Squad.
Goon may also refer to:
- Australian slang word for cheap box wine
- The Goon, a comic book series created by Eric Powell
- Barney Irwin, a professional wrestler briefly known as "The Goon"
- Alice the Goon, a character in the Popeye comic strip
- PC Goon, a character in Enid Blyton's "The Five Find-Outers" series of children's books
- A performer in The Goon Show
- Goon (album), a 1996 release by Global Goon
- Guardians of the Oglala Nation, an native American group who were involved during the Wounded Knee incident of 1973
A goon may also be:
- A synonym for a hockey enforcer
- An unskilled surfer
- Members of the Something Awful forums are known colloquially as "Goons"
See also
- Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
- Gune, a gnome-like character from the film Titan A.E.
- Goon, Chicago area Graffitti artist
- goon,Shortened from gooney, from obsolete gony ("simpleton", c.1580), of unknown origin. Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (c.1839). Goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (c.1921), but now is used to describe people.
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