Goom (noun) (Aus/En)
goom
(especially in Aboriginal English) methylated spirits or other cheap alcoholic liquor.
1960s perhaps from Gabi-gabi and other Aboriginal languages gung ‘water, alcohol’.
Example sentences
“There was nothing wrong with him that a spell off the goom wouldn’t fix.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
