Comment on Keir Starmer raises eyebrows as he proudly declares himself a 'gooner'

Drusas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  lol yes the fuck we do

  Been under a rock since 2023? This slang term has been everywhere

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  • zabadoh@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A quick google corroborates that it’s new meaning is recent slang, gaining popularity about since the 2020s.

    Older people probably don’t use it a whole lot, even if they know what it means.

    And if you’re an English Premier League fan, gooner has meant an Arsenal FC fan for decades.

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It's not everywhere.

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    • Chais@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Not under your particular rock, it seems.

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• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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  • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I never said that some Americans don't, but your typical American has never said this.

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• ruuster13@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You’re old. It’s okay.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s rather recent; but the past 5 years or so it’s been more difficult to discuss members of Something Awful.

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• Pandantic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yeah, more like “the internet” refers.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Yes we do

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