Etymology

goon cave

Today it means: An area or room dedicated to long masturbation sessions ("gooning"), often featuring a multimonitor setup showing multiple pornographic films simultaneously. Full definition →

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The story

From goon (“to enter a trance-like state after masturbating and edging for a long period of time”) + cave (“a place of retreat”). Mainly associated with the r/GoonCaves subreddit, created on May 23, 2019.

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