Goon

A goon is someone that is employed as someone's personal enforcer, such as either a personal bodyguard or a ruffian who is kept on staff to intimidate or batter people. Goon may also refer to:

  • A performer in The Goon Show
  • A guard in a prisoner of war camp - (British World War II usage)
  • Alice the Goon, character in the Popeye comic strip
  • Barney Irwin, wrestler briefly known as "The Goon"
  • Enforcer (hockey), also known as a goon
  • Goon (album), a 1996 release by Global Goon
  • Goon (film), a 2011 comedy film starring Seann William Scott
  • The Goon, comic book series created by Eric Powell
  • A member of the Something Awful community
  • Another name for the character in the Kilroy was here graffiti
  • Australian/New Zealand slang word for cheap box wine, particularly common amongst Australian students
  • GOONs, Guardians of the Oglala Nation, private paramilitary group active on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the early 1970s
  • GOONS, an acronym for the Guild of One-Name Studies
  • PC Goon, character in Enid Blyton's The Five Find-Outers series of children's books

Famous quotes containing the word goon:

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    And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
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    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)