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gooner

noun
USGOO-ner/ˈɡu.nəɹ/UKGOO-nuh/ˈɡuː.nə/

Pluralgooners

2 meanings of gooner

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  1. 1
    Arsenal fannounslangBritishcountable
    Alternative letter-case form of Gooner, a supporter of Arsenal, the London soccer club.

    Dad has been a gooner since the seventies and still never misses a home match.

    As a lifelong gooner, she took the derby defeat harder than anyone at the pub.

    UsageTalk of Arsenal or its matches helps distinguish this use from the unrelated sexual slang.

  2. 2
    porn-obsessed personnounslangderogatorycountable
    A person who practices prolonged masturbation with edging, or who seems obsessed with pornography or sexual content; often used as an insult.

    She muted the thread after a gooner left his fifth creepy comment on her post.

    Critics dismissed it as a gooner game, but the story turned out to be genuinely moving.

    Note

    The insult grew out of the literal use, for someone who masturbates for hours on end, and is aimed at someone whose appetite for sexual material seems to swallow everything else, down to underwear ads in shopping apps. Before another noun it brands a thing as made for such people, as in a gooner game. It is a jeer from online arguments, not a word for polite company.

    Checked 30 Oct 2026 · 2 facts

    • The derogatory sense developed by extension from the literal sexual sense. en.wiktionary.org
    • The literal sense refers to someone whose masturbation sessions can last for hours. en.wikipedia.org

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Origins

Meaning 1

An alteration of Gunner, from the Gunners, the nickname of Arsenal Football Club, which munitions workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich founded in 1886.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 3 facts

Meaning 2

The noun adds -er to the slang verb goon, meaning to edge and masturbate for a long time until reaching a trance-like state.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

  • The noun gooner is formed from the slang verb goon with the suffix -er. en.wiktionary.org
  • The verb goon means to masturbate and edge for a prolonged period until reaching a trance-like state. en.wikipedia.org