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Word of the Day – Goom

By May 17, 2020Word of the Day

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.”

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