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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Goon (not the show) #80047 09/09/02 01:08 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Yes, goons can be a stupid, dull underworld type person, (and i think of the kids movie The Goonies, but goons can be low life thugs.. I. E., "He couldn't pay the loan shark the vig, and a couple of goons worked him over, to send him a message" Goons, in this case would be similar to thugs or strong arm men... they might not be the brightest bulbs, they are better known for their muscles, rather than for being stupid. (*vig= vigorish- perhaps from the russian or ukrainian, vygrash or vyigrysh, which means winnings or profits.. used in US since 1912 to mean interest charged by loan shark) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Goon (not the show) Bean 09/09/02 11:02 AM wild goose chase wofahulicodoc 09/09/02 11:57 AM Re: wild goose chase wwh 09/09/02 12:48 PM Re: Goon (not the show) of troy 09/09/02 01:08 PM Re: Goon (not the show) wofahulicodoc 09/09/02 01:44 PM Re: Goon (not the show) doc_comfort 09/11/02 06:08 AM Re: Goon/Goof FishonaBike 09/09/02 02:56 PM Re: Goon/Goof Bean 09/09/02 03:04 PM Re: Goon/Goof FishonaBike 09/09/02 03:30 PM Re: Israeli Goonda AnnaStrophic 09/09/02 03:37 PM Re: Goon/Goof Bean 09/09/02 05:14 PM Re: Goon/thug/union goon WhitmanO'Neill 09/09/02 06:04 PM Re: Goon/thug/union goon Alex Williams 09/09/02 08:09 PM Re: Goon/Goof FishonaBike 09/10/02 02:32 PM Re: Goon/Goof Bean 09/10/02 02:36 PM Re: Goon/Goof tsuwm 09/10/02 02:47 PM Re: Goon/Goof of troy 09/11/02 12:06 PM Re: Goon/Goof Bean 09/11/02 01:10 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,350 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 773 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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