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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

'Goon' still means Henchman.

Don't let the vapid famewhore influencerati dictate language changes. Laugh at their obvious inability and keep being you.

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wtf are you talking about? Also, language is a social construct and words change meaning all the time. They can also mean more than one thing...

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Hogwash! (I meant that as in I agree)

[–] protist@retrofed.com 5 points 1 month ago

Vapid famewhore influencerati

Are you trying to dictate language changes? I laugh at your obvious inability

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I guess we can still use 'mooks' for that.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

vapid famewhore influencerati

Bro thought he mogged. Bro typed this and thought, "ts tuff".

Bro's on the Canadian instance and doesn't even know "goon" is a hockey term in Canada.

(this is me showing my "obvious inability"...whatever that means)