• GON
n. 1858 Amer. sl. – a professional thief, esp. a pickpocket
• GONAD ALERT
n. 1994 US sl. – a warning in a hospital that an x-ray is about to be taken
• GO NAUGHTY
vb. Bk1902 sl. – to play the whore
• GONCE
n. 1899 Aust. sl. – money
• GONCONER
n. 1888 Ireland – a kind of fairy said to appear in lonesome valleys, making love to milkmaids, etc.
• GONDOLA
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a sedan
n. 2. 2003 UK sl. – heroin
• GONDOLA HAT
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a derby
• GONE
adj. 1. 1929 Amer. dial. – drunk
adj. 2. 1933 US sl. – drug-intoxicated
adj. 3. 1945 Aust. sl. – pregnant
adj. 4. 1946 sl., orig. US jazz usage – excellent
adj. 5. 1946 sl., orig. US jazz usage – said of someone completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc.
adj. 6. 1957 US sl. – infatuated
adj. 7. 1954 Aust. sl. – caught
adj. 8. 1994 US sl. – completely destitute and physically ruined because of crack cocaine addiction
• GO NEAR HAND
vb. a1626 obs. – to be economical
• GONEBURGER
n. 2000 NZ sl. – anything that is redundant or finished
• GONE BEAVER
n. 1848 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE CASE
n. 2002 Singapore – a hopeless cause
• GONE COLD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE COON
n. 1859 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed; one past recovery
• GONE DEMOCRATIC
phr. 1893 Amer. dial. – failed, gone against one
• GONE DOG
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE DUCK
n. 1953 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE FAWNSKIN
n. 1923 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE GOBLIN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE GOOSE
n. 1830 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed; one past recovery
• GONE GOSLIN
n. 1906 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE GOSLING
n. 1. 1830 orig. US – one who is beyond hope
n. 2. Bk1912 Amer. dial. – a dead person
• GONE HOME IN A BOX
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONENESS
n. 1848 Amer. dial. – a sinking feeling; weakness, faintness, exhaustion; great depression
• GONE ON
adj. 1885 sl. – infatuated, in love with
• GONE OVER BOROUGH HILL AFTER JACKSON’S PIG
phr. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a phrase used when anything is lost
• GONE PFFT
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE PHUT
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONER
n. 1. 1847 UK sl. – someone who has died or is unavoidably doomed to die very soon
n. 2. 1949 US sl. – a person who excels
n. 3. 1970 US sl. – someone who is doomed to failure
• GONESOME
adj. Bk1896 Amer. dial. – hungry
• GONE SUCKER
n. 1927 Amer. dial. – one who is past hope or doomed
• GONE THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE TO BED
adj. 1992 UK sl. – dead
• GONE TO BOTTOM
adj. 1916 Amer. dial. – dropped
• GONE TO GLORY
adj. 1851 Amer. dial. – dead
• GONE TO GRASS
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead and buried
• GONE TO GUNDY
adj. 20C Aust. sl. – unsatisfactory; broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless
• GONE TO HELL
adj. 1. 1890 sl. – financially ruined
adj. 2. 19C sl. – in chaos
adj. 3. 19C sl. – utterly destroyed
adj. 4. 19C sl. – wasted
adj. 5. 19C sl. – worn-out
• GONE TO KINGDOM COME
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE TO MOSCOW
adj. 1910 Aust. sl. – in pawn
• GONE TO POT
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead and buried
• GONE TO SEED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – old
• GONE TO SHUCKS
adj. 1901 Amer. dial. – gone to pieces financially, failed
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BAG
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE BASE
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
• GONE TO SLEEP ON THE JOB
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – inattentive; absent-minded
• GONE TO THE DOWNY
adj. 1845 sl. – gone to bed
• GONE TO THE LAND OF SHADOWS
adj. B1900 – fallen asleep
• GONE UNDER
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE UP
adj. 1970 US sl. – drunk or drug-intoxicated
• GONE UP SALT RIVER
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – dead
• GONE WEST
adj. 1917 Amer. dial. – dead
• GONEY
n. 1. 1838 Amer. dial. – a stupid, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a simpleton
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a gullible person; a dupe
n. 3. 1950 Amer. dial. – a stone, esp. one of medium size; a cobble
• GONG
n. 1. 1915 US sl. – an opium pipe
n. 2. 1921 UK sl. – a medal or decoration
n. 3. 1936 US sl. – opium; heroin
n. 4. 1938 sl. – a warning bell on a police car
n. 5. 1977 US sl. – marijuana
n. 6. 1995 US sl. – a gun
• GONGER
n. 1914 US sl. – an opium pipe
• GONGERINE
n. 1914 US sl. – an opium pipe
• GONG-FARMER
n. c1440 obs. – one who removed excrement from privies, etc.
• GONGOOZLER
n. 1904 Eng. dial. – an idle and inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at anything out of the ordinary; orig. at activity on a canal
• GONIES
n. 1970 US sl.- the testicles
• GONIF
n. 1839 UK sl. – a thief, a crook
• GONJ
n. 2003 UK sl. – marijuana
• GONK
n. 1. 1977 UK sl. – a term of contempt for a prostitute’s client
n. 2. 2003 UK teen sl. – a fool; an idiot
vb. 1. 1991 US sl. – to sleep
vb. 2. 1991 US sl. – to lie
• GONNABE
n. 1988 US sl. – a wannabe (a person with ambition) who has a realistic chance of achieving the goal
• GONNER-HEAD
n. 1740 Eng. dial.- a fool; a stupid fellow, a dunce
• GONNER-NOPED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – thoughtless, foolish
• GONNER-PATE
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a fool; a stupid fellow; a dunce
• GONNIF
n. 1839 UK sl. – a thief, a crook
• GONNYWOBBLES
n. 1970 Amer. dial. – an imaginary disease; depression or nervousness
• GO-NO-GO
n. 1899 Aust. sl. – the point on a runway where a pilot taking off must decide whether to abort or take-off or to take off
• GONS
n. 1899 Aust. sl. – money
• GONSEL
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a treacherous person
• GONSIL
n. 1. 1910 US sl. – a young man; a naive young man
n. 2. 1918 US sl. – a tramp’s young male companion or lover; hence, any homosexual youth
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a treacherous person
• GONSKI
adj. 2000 UK sl. – gone
• GONTRUM-NIDDLES!
int. B1900 Sc. – an exclamation of joy, or of joyous admiration
• GONUS
n. 1842 Amer. dial. – a fool, a dolt, a stupid fellow, an ignoramus, a simpleton
• GONY
n. 1859 Amer. dial. – a stupid, awkward person; a foolish fellow; a simpleton
• GONZEL
n. 1. 1914 Amer. criminals’ sl. – a sexually vulnerable boy or young man
n. 2. 1931 Amer. sl. – a male homosexual
• GONZO
adj. 1971 US sl. – crazed; having a bizarre style
n. 1. 1977 sl., orig. & chiefly US – a foolish person
n. 2. 1996 UK sl. – cocaine
n. 3. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – a state of drunkenness
• GONZO THE GREAT
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. for ‘a state’ – a state of drunkenness
• GONZOID
adj. 1979 US sl. – crazed; having a bizarre style
• GOO
n. 1. 1900 sl., orig. US – disgusting material, usually viscous
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a silly demonstration of affection; excessive sentiment
n. 3. 1991 Ireland sl. – a look
• GOOB
n. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. – a peanut
n. 2. 1976 US sl. – a large facial blemish
n. 3. 1998 US sl. – methcathinone
vb. M19 sl. – to act irritatingly
• GOOBER
n. 1. 1834 Amer. dial. – a peanut
n. 2. 1865 Amer. dial. – a poor countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia
n. 3. 1865 Amer. dial. – an inhabitant of North Carolina or Arkansas
n. 4. Bk1896 Amer. dial. – a person who can enchant
n. 5. M19 sl. – an idiot, a fool; an incompetent, a country bumpkin
n. 6. 1920s sl. – the penis
n. 7. 1940s sl. – the testicles
n. 8. c1950 Amer. dial. – a potato
n. 9. 1960s sl. – a gob of phlegm
n. 10. 1970s US college sl. – a small child
n. 11. 1970s US college sl. – a small mole, spot, or similar skin blemish
n. 12. 1980s US college sl. – someone not attuned to the peer group norms
n. 13. 2003 US sl. – in the usage of young street racers, anyone who drives a car with an automatic transmission
• GOOBERBRAIN
n. 1960s US sl. – a silly person
• GOOBERED UP
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. – sticky
• GOOBER FEATHERS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture
• GOOBER-GRABBER
n. 1867 Amer. dial. – a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia
• GOOBER-GRABBLER
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – an inhabitant of Georgia
• GOOBER-GRUBBER
n. 1880 Amer. dial. – a poor rustic or countrified person; used as a nickname, esp. for an inhabitant of Georgia
• GOOBERHEAD
n. 1. 1970 Amer. dial. – a dull and stupid person
n. 2. 1970 Amer. dial. – one who has odd or peculiar ideas or notions
n. 3. 1970 Amer. dial. – someone who drives carelessly or not well
n. 4. 1970 Amer. dial. – someone who fusses or worries a lot, esp. about trivial things
• GOOBER PEA
n. a1866 Amer. dial. – a peanut
• GOOBERT
n. c1930 Amer. dial. – a peanut
• GOOBIE-SHEEPIE!
int. 1972 Amer. dial. – come!; a call used to sheep
• GOOBY
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – a stupid, foolish person; a blockhead, a simpleton, a fool, a lout
n. 2. 1952 Amer. dial. – a peanut
n. 3. 1985 NZ sl. – a gob of spit or phlegm
• GOOCH
n. 1976 US sl. – an inept, unaware person
vb. 1929 Amer. dial. – to poke or tickle
• GOOCH-EYED
adj. 1972 US sl. – blind in one eye
• GOOCHY
adj. 1944 Amer. dial. – ticklish
Back to INDEX G
Back to DICTIONARY
Lexicophilia 