Yeah, it’s what Arsenal fans have been called long before other meanings. They’ve generally embraced its evolution with a smile.
I thought they were called Gunners, or is that a reference to the tean itself only?
Chapman’s eccentric character and love for a practical joke saw him being known as a ‘Gooner’, leading some to believe this to be the origin of the nickname.
That is the opposite of an explanation.
I took the Chapman bit to mean ‘gooner’ in the older “being a goon” sense: eccentric/fool/prankster, not that it was a fully separate formal nickname origin. But yeah, the article doesn’t really explain why Chapman was called that, so it’s more folklore than etymology. The better answer is probably that Gooners evolved as wordplay from Gunners.
Yeah wasn’t rhyming slang a big thing in London? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyming_slang. It’s not really a rhyme, but the same kind a wordplay.
The thing about Arsenal, is they always walk it in.
What was Wenger finkin, sending Walcott in
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inclusivity ❤️ 🌈
One of the core tenets of our club
Yep this is what happens when you assume your culture holds dominion over everybody else as well.
It’s a reasonable assumption when you’re communicating with a domestic audience … why tf should you stop using your own lingo just because people from an ocean away use the word differently?
And for much longer?
Your going to loose your mind when you find out about the Goon Show 😂
