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MADem

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12. Yep.

Reply to valerief (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 01:18 PM

Mar 2012

Thing is, all that might make some intrepid Jimmy Olsen or Lois Lane want to do is run around and ask people if Georgie was an habitual user of that word, or if he used that OTHER word, you know, the one that is the last syllable of the term that describes those bandit-faced furry creatures that knock over the garbage cans in some environments?

Twisted explanations almost never cut it!

He doesn't look like he's buying it, either!

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"goons" (not -----) which is a "term of endearment" according to Zimmerman's best friend [View all] underpants Mar 2012 OP

I always thought "goons" was an old-school term for "thugs" MADem Mar 2012 #1

It is. Zimmerman thinks we're as stupid as he is. nt valerief Mar 2012 #6

Yep. MADem Mar 2012 #12

I've only heard it in the context of hockey pokerfan Mar 2012 #17

Me too. However, I HAVE heard the other term used Mariana Mar 2012 #19

I am not buying it either. MADem Mar 2012 #20

Twisting and spinning to get a racist profiling murderer off the hook CakeGrrl Mar 2012 #2

Oh dear MNBrewer Mar 2012 #3

I don't think anyone in their right mind bought that in the slightest. Quixote1818 Mar 2012 #4

Someone needs to alert Hallmark Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #5

+10 DUZY.... ROFL !!! n/t K Gardner Mar 2012 #7

I second that! nt Quixote1818 Mar 2012 #23

I know whenever I want my kids to know how much I love them, I K Gardner Mar 2012 #8

It will be ever so much more special if you hold out Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #13

You haven't seen the new goon birthday card? valerief Mar 2012 #11

I agree--DUzy! nt MADem Mar 2012 #15

can I take that as my floating holiday? onethatcares Mar 2012 #31

Works for me. I also believed Rick Santorum when he said gort Mar 2012 #9

A term of endearment huh?.......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #10

Yes, exactly who was he endearing with this term? arcane1 Mar 2012 #16

I suppose "these assholes" is also a term of endearment, too? Old and In the Way Mar 2012 #14

"Goons" and "Bleh People"... SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #18

Interesting that he didn't go for the "fucking punks" interpretation. Mariana Mar 2012 #21

To me this just comes across that it is in fact on the tapes obxhead Mar 2012 #22

Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that "goons" can be a term of endearment... ljm2002 Mar 2012 #24

He only followed Trayvon to express his endearment arcane1 Mar 2012 #28

So it's not another word for "blaaaaah people"? KamaAina Mar 2012 #25

the last definition is one I had not heard before, but nowhere do I see anything as a term of " niyad Mar 2012 #26

And Santorum said "blah" people. yardwork Mar 2012 #27

Someone on DU enhanced the audio of the word in question Oilwellian Mar 2012 #29

How long did it take.. butterfly77 Mar 2012 #30