VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 days agoSociety keeps changing the definition of normal wordsimagemessage-square197linkfedilinkarrow-up11.26Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.25Karrow-down1imageSociety keeps changing the definition of normal wordsVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 7 days agomessage-square197linkfedilink
minus-squarekif@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoWe’ve got a town in NZ called Rangiora, but it’s pretty ubiquitously known as “Goon” to locals. My theory is “Rangiora” -> “Rangoon” -> “Goon”. We also call the inner bag removed from boxed wine a “goon sack”, though that one is borrowed from the Aussies.
We’ve got a town in NZ called Rangiora, but it’s pretty ubiquitously known as “Goon” to locals.
My theory is “Rangiora” -> “Rangoon” -> “Goon”.
We also call the inner bag removed from boxed wine a “goon sack”, though that one is borrowed from the Aussies.