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coon (iou) and fam (iou)


coon (iou)



coon noun & verb. [ku:n] Chiefly N. Amer. M18.
[Abbreviation of RACOON.]
A. noun.
I.
= RACOON. M18.
II. Applied to persons.
Hist. One of the US Whigs (1834-56), who had the racoon as an emblem. M19.
A sly knowing person. colloq. M19.
A black person. slang. racially offensive. M19.
A member of any of the colourfully costumed competing Dance troupes which parade through the streets of Cape Town during an annual New Year carnival. S. Afr. E20.
Comb. & phrases: a coon's age US slang a long time; a gone coon: see GONE adjective 1; coon-dog, coon-hound US a dog trained to hunt racoons; coonskin noun & adjective (a) noun (a cap etc. made from) the skin of a racoon; (b) adjective made from coonskin; coon song arch. (now considered racially offensive) (a popular song resembling) a song sung by black people.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Creep along (a branch etc.) clinging close like a racoon. M19.

fam (iou)



fam noun & verb. [fam] slang. Now rare or obsolete. L17.
[Abbreviation of FAMBLE noun.]
A. noun. = FAMBLE noun. L17.
b. verb trans. Infl. -mm-. Feel, handle. E19.