gorilla
A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
Seen in the wild
I had the absolutely wonderful honor of getting to walk around Pink Gorilla and chat about video games! Thank you so much @kelslewin.bsky.social and @minnmax.com! bsky.app/profile/minn...
My back window broke and kept falling down so I had to tape it with gorilla tape
Akira is part of the gorilla family too, now 🍌♥️💚
Your an idiot who passed the same test as a gorilla
In the mean time I will keep doing lat pull downs and gorilla rows 🫡💜🏋♀️ as every large breasted person should!!!!!!!!!!
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A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
"I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money."
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An ape of the genus ; endemic to the forests of Central Africa and typified by superlative physical size and strength in relation to other primates.
“They are wicked people—neither white like you nor black like me, but covered with hair as is Bolgani, the gorilla. Yes, they are very bad people indeed, and Chowambi was glad to get out of their country.”
“I had the absolutely wonderful honor of getting to walk around Pink Gorilla and chat about video games! Thank you so much @kelslewin.bsky.social and @minnmax.com! bsky.app/profile/minn...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My back window broke and kept falling down so I had to tape it with gorilla tape”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Akira is part of the gorilla family too, now 🍌♥️💚”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Your an idiot who passed the same test as a gorilla”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In the mean time I will keep doing lat pull downs and gorilla rows 🫡💜🏋♀️ as every large breasted person should!!!!!!!!!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.
"Don't fool yourself," I said. "I could have slugged this pair of amateur gorillas any hour of the day or night. I've not done it because you've got nothing against them other than their being a pair of dim-witted nuisances."
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