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Zimmerman Friend "He Said Goon, Not Coon" A term of Endearment... (Original Post) Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 OP
Epic fail. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #1
Of course, all killers refer to their victim endearingly pennylane100 Mar 2012 #2
+1 Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #3
Like "Dear" hunting ? russspeakeasy Mar 2012 #5
Who in gods name is making this idiot..... Grassy Knoll Mar 2012 #4
and being called a "fucking goon" is even more endearing. pepperbear Mar 2012 #6
A term of endearment? When modified by "fucking" in an angry tone? Jack Rabbit Mar 2012 #7
And with a straight face too! ScottLand Mar 2012 #8
Not a term of endearment TexasProgresive Mar 2012 #9

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
4. Who in gods name is making this idiot.....
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 10:53 PM
Mar 2012

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.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
7. A term of endearment? When modified by "fucking" in an angry tone?
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 01:52 AM
Mar 2012

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.

TexasProgresive

(12,157 posts)
9. Not a term of endearment
Mon Mar 26, 2012, 07:13 AM
Mar 2012
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 (1894–1938), American cartoonist.

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