Associations to the word «Goner»

Wiktionary

GONER, noun. Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case.

Dictionary definition

GONER, noun. A person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work"; "one mistake and you're toast".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.