gold diggern. a woman who pays attention
to a man solely because of his wealth.
Sam called Sally a gold digger, and she was
devastated. “You little gold digger!”
cried Sam.
goldenmod. excellent; really cool. Look
at the guy she is with. He is golden.
golden-agern. an old person; a senior cit-
izen. The golden-agers sat on the
benches and chatted. When I’m a
golden-ager, I’m going to have a part-time
job.
golden handcuffsn. monetary induce-
ments to stay on the job. (Usually for
highly paid executives in large corpora-
tions. See also golden parachute.) The
company provided a variety of golden
handcuffs to keep its execs happy through
a takeover. The golden handcuffs in-
cluded a half million in severance pay for
one of the vice presidents.
golden opportunityn. a very good op-
portunity. This is my golden opportu-
nity, and I can’t pass it up. Yo u g e t a
golden opportunity like this very rarely.
golden parachuten. a special kind of sev-
erance pay for persons who may be
forced to leave a job. (Usually for highly
paid executives in large corporations. If
the company is taken over and the exec-
utives are fired, they are very well pro-
vided for. See also golden handcuffs.)
My golden parachute was so attractive that
I wanted to get fired. If all the golden
parachutes were used at the same time, it
would bankrupt the company.
goldie locksn. a policewoman. (Citizens
band radio.) Goldie locks pulled me over
and gave me a citation. There was a
goldie locks waiting under the bridge to
spring on poor unsuspecting people like
me.
go mentalin. go crazy; to act stupid.
Don’t go mental, Jane. Just calm down and
think about it. Another day in that his-
tory class and I know I will go mental.
gomer[“gom#] 1. n. a stupid oaf; a social
reject. (From the television character
Gomer Pyle.) Who’s that gomer in the
overalls? That gomer is my Uncle Ben.
- and goomer[“gum#] n. a person un-
welcome in a hospital. (Supposedly an
acronym for Get out of my emergency
room.) That goomer with the allergy is
back in ER. I don’t want that goomer
back in the emergency room.
gone 1. and gone undermod. uncon-
scious. He’s gone. Prop his feet up and
call an ambulance. He’s gone under. You
can begin the procedure now. 2. and gone
undermod. alcohol or drug intoxicated.
Those chicks are gone—too much to
drink. Ted is really gone under. 3. mod.
cool; out of this world. (Typically real
gone.) This ice cream is gone, man,
gone!
gone goosen. someone or something fin-
ished or done for. (A play on dead duck.)
I’m afraid that your old car is a gone
goose. This old thing is a gone goose.
goner[“gOn#] n. someone or something
finished or nearly finished. This one’s
a goner. Toss it. The horse was a goner,
so it had to be destroyed.
gone underGo to gone.
gonged [gONd] mod. drug intoxicated.
(Drugs. Originally on opium.) Bruno
found himself in the alley, gonged. Ernie
was too gonged to stand up.
gonna[“gOn@ or “gUn@] phr. going to. (Eye-
dialect. Used in writing only for effect.
Used in the examples of this dictionary.)
What time you gonna be home? I’m
gonna get you, you little dickens!
gonzo[“ganzo] 1. n. a silly or foolish per-
son. Some gonzo is on the phone ask-
ing for the president of the universe. Te l l
the gonzo I’m out. 2. mod. crazy. The
guy is totally gonzo! Who drew this
gonzo picture of me?
goo[gu] n. some sticky substance; gunk.
What is this goo on my shoe? There
is some sort of goo on my plate. Is that
meant to be my dinner?
goob[gub] 1. n. a pimple. (Short for gu-
ber.) The goobs are taking over my
whole face. I have the world’s greatest
goob right on the end of my nose. 2. n. a
nerd; a simpleton. (See also guber.)
goob