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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Goon/Goof #80050 09/09/02 03:04 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean OP old hand OP Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 So the word goonda as used by Indians to mean thug just happens to sound the same? Or is it borrowed from the English word goon. (And how on earth can I find this out????) 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,353 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 (), 524 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,550 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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