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goner

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

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  • “An Alberta power company worker believed he was a goner one summer day as he stood beside a rural road when two men drove up and shot him through the arm.”

I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.
Origin: From . First attestations around 1850. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Crowley and his manager bestie Donna are intrigued when Aziraphale first comes in. Crowley watches him on the security camera and he’s a complete goner when Aziraphale easily lifts the heaviest sledgehammer in the room.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “An Alberta power company worker believed he was a goner one summer day as he stood beside a rural road when two men drove up and shot him through the arm.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(baseball, _, slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.

You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.
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  • “I can walk by the cookies and cakes, but if it’s a Neapolitan pizza, I am a goner 😆”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “RIP to whoever works in that office. Once one of these Canadian hell birds targets you, you’re a goner.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “be too sweet and you'll be a goner! i'll pull a jeffrey dahmer!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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