Goonish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a goon

    "Beck - who has the sort of rubbery, chucklesome face that should ideally be either a) cast as the goonish sidekick in a bad frat house sex comedy or b) painted on a toilet bowl so you could shit directly on to it - has become famous for crying live on air, indulging in paranoid conspiracy theorising, and labelling Obama a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or white culture"."

Example

More examples

"One of the main characters of the webcomic El Goonish Shive, and arguably the most adorable of them, is a weresquirrel (among other things)."

Etymology

From goon + -ish.

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