Goon
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Goon may refer to:
- Guardians of the Oglala Sioux Nation employed by Dick Wilson, the tribal chairman of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, during the 1970s. [link]
- A short slang term of the word Dragoon in the game StarCraft
- Hired thugs employed by bosses or other authorities to break up strikes and protests, or to guard places. See bouncer.
- German prison guards in World War 2 POW camps
- Members of special police squads used to suppress protests.
- Members of The Goon Show, a past popular radio series in the United Kingdom
- El Goonish Shive, the web comic
- Bag in a box, cask wine, a slang Australian English term for cheap wine distributed in a cask.
- Diapers, Goo.n being a popular brand of baby's diapers in Japan
- Members of the Something Awful forums
- Enforcer (hockey), a player on an ice hockey team
- An informal term for a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS)
- Large humanoid beings that appeared in E.C. Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip, which also served as the first venue for the character Popeye. Originally the goons were represented as slaves of the evil Sea Hag. Later appearances were often limited to one female goon named Alice.
- The Goon, who is sometimes referred to simply as "Goon", a comic book character created by Eric Powell and published by Dark Horse Comics.
- A light insult as if to say the person is stupid
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