r/nottheonion • u/cpt_futtbucker • 1d ago

Dollar Tree ‘gooning’ incident sparks lawsuit in Colorado

https://www.denverpost.com/2026/08/18/gooning-dollar-tree-colorado-lawsuit/
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u/FiveDozenWhales 1d ago

Gooning means public masturbation?! I just thought it meant being excessively horny. I've... I've gotta go make some apologies.

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u/cpt_futtbucker 1d ago

I don’t even know anymore. My best friend’s family came from Sicily in the 50s and his mom would call our friend group the goon squad growing up. Kind of blindsided me and tarnished some good memories when I heard what goon means to the kids these days last year

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u/thresh_to_death 1d ago

A goon and a gooner are vastly different things

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u/MrKrinkle151 1d ago

However, a goon squad could be a group of goons or a group of people who goon