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語源

From gone +‎ -er. First attestations around 1850.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gänʹər, IPA: /ˈɡɒnə(ɹ)/
• (General American) enPR: gônʹər, IPA: /ˈɡɔːnɚ/
• 韻: -ɒnə(ɹ), -ɔːnə(ɹ)

名詞

goner (plural goners)

1. (informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.

   Synonym: gone goose

   I'm a goner if this plan doesn't work.

   You'll be a goner if I hit you with this gun.

   • 1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 128:

     ‘By cripes, boss, we thought you were a goner.’

   • 2001, Jamie O’Neill, At Swim, Two Boys‎, London: Scribner, Part 2, Chapter 20, p. 620:

     The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground.

   • 2007 November 1, Jeff Goodell, “James Lovelock, the Prophet”, in Rolling Stone‎:

     Retreat, in his view, means it’s […] about making plans for the migration of millions of people from low-lying regions like Bangladesh into Europe; about admitting that New Orleans is a goner and moving the people to cities better positioned for the future.

2. (baseball slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.

Further reading

• “goner n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• Egnor, Goren, Groen, Negro, Norge, Ogren, Rengo, Rogen, ergon, genro, grone, negro, ornge, reong