goona
(Australian Aboriginal, slang) faeces, excrement, stool.
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Born ~1987 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
I was gonna say, no way Bugs is THAT good at tucking, and then I remembered Hammerspace ...had to correct from "I was goona say"
triple booked myself today. two job interviews + pinball league. Because, i'm nothing if not tenacious. At least all three activities are somewhat close. goona be weird showing up to league in my chef's whites (all…
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goona-goona_epic#cite_ref-2 "Jump up")**["Goona-Goona; An Authentic Melodrama of the Isle of Bali (1932) – Overview – TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110926201641/http://…
Please help [improve this article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Goona_Warra,_Waljeers "Special:EditPage/Goona Warra, Waljeers") by [adding citations to reliable sources](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…
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(Australian Aboriginal, slang) faeces, excrement, stool.
“I was gonna say, no way Bugs is THAT good at tucking, and then I remembered Hammerspace ...had to correct from "I was goona say"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“triple booked myself today. two job interviews + pinball league. Because, i'm nothing if not tenacious. At least all three activities are somewhat close. goona be weird showing up to league in my chef's whites (all black cos white chef coats are bs).”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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faeces, excrement, stool
"goona" means faeces, excrement, stool. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.
"goona" is informal English meaning faeces, excrement, stool. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "faeces" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "goona" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing. If you are a B2 or C1 learner, it is useful to recognise this word when you hear or read it, but think carefully about whether the situation really calls for it before using it yourself.
“2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goona-goona_epic#cite_ref-2 "Jump up")**["Goona-Goona; An Authentic Melodrama of the Isle of Bali (1932) – Overview – TCM.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110926201641/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/525095/Goona-Goona-An-Authentic-Melodrama-of-the-Isle-of-Bali/). _www.tcm.com_.”
“Please help [improve this article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Goona_Warra,_Waljeers "Special:EditPage/Goona Warra, Waljeers") by [adding citations to reliable sources](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners "Help:Referencing for beginners").”
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