goon
noun
[ ɡuːn ]
• a silly, foolish, or eccentric person.
• a violent, aggressive person who is hired to intimidate or harm people.
• "a squad of goons waving pistols"
• a guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War.
Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps from dialect gooney ‘booby’; influenced by the subhuman cartoon character ‘Alice the Goon’, created by E. C. Segar (1894–1938), American cartoonist.
goon
noun
• cheap wine, especially when sold in large cartons.
• "we sat in the kitchen drinking the rest of the goon"
Origin:
1980s: probably an alteration of flagon, possibly influenced by goom.
