Etymology From goon (“to enter a trance-like state after masturbating and edging for a long period of time”) or -er.
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Internet An individual who practices gooning (a form of masturbation that involves edging for a long period of time).
I am likely both too repressed and too vanilla to ever be a gooner of any distinction, but the term speaks to the existence of a community of men for whom masturbation is a serious and important aspect of their sexuality.2018 July 18, John Sherman, “Why Some Guys Like Jerking Off Together”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
Instead, a gooner remains “deeply in the bliss of masturbation,” Christfister continues, submitting themselves to an unrelenting cycle of tease and denial.2020 November 21, Michael Stahl, “The Psychedelic Science of 'Gooning' — Or Masturbating Into a Trance”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
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By ruining orgasms along the way, a gooner can extend the overall length of their masturbation session.2022 October 3, Lauren Beller, “G is for Gooning”, in Medium, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2022:
The gooner goons to reach the “goonstate”: a supposed zone of total ego death or bliss that some liken to advanced meditation, the attainment of which compels them to masturbate for hours, or even days, at a time.2025 November 23, Daniel Kolitz, “The Goon Squad: Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation”, in Harper's Magazine, →ISSN:
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Broadly, Derogatory An individual addicted to sexual or sexualized content.
"nier automata is a gooner game" you have never played past ending a2024 April 3, @NiroOfBhaal, Twitter:
This designs really good when you don’t have a gooner in your ear telling you how much they wanna fuck it2024 April 24, @Primekelly414, Twitter:
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when you're childproofing a gooner's phone, remember to block apps like shein, youtube and amazon. they'll go desperately searching for underwear reviews or bra ads just to see an inch of the female form.2024 April 28, @bratti_xx, Twitter:
During both offensive and defensive operations the grunts occasionally encountered Vietnamese civilians. The Vietnamese were almost always referred to in the most derogatory terms— gooks, gooners, zipper-heads or zips, slopes, dinks, and slant-eyes. In contrast to the last term, round-eyes designated westerners.[1976, Charles R[oberts] Anderson, “Vocabulary Note”, in The Grunts, San Rafael, C.A.: Presidio Press, page xiv:
When we replied in the affirmative, he said something to the effect of "Oh, well, ain't nobody up that way but gooners, no how." Mission accomplished.1984, John Trotti, Phantom Over Vietnam: Fighter Pilot, USMC, Novato, C.A.: Presidio Press, →ISBN, page 5: