goneburger

plural goneburgers

1. New ZealandinformalA goner.

   I'm a goneburger for sure in the next round of layoffs.

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   It seems just as nobody is guaranteed safe, nobody is guaranteed to be a goneburger either.

   2008 October 30, “Uncomfortable target”, in The Southland Times, Invercargill: Fairfax, Features, page 6

   Winston Peters looks like he may be a goneburger unless his numbers pick up.

   2014 July 26, “Time ripe for desperate acts”, in Taranaki Daily News, New Plymouth: Independent Newspapers, Features, page 13

1. New Zealandinformalnot comparableGone.

   Oh, my old sedan is goneburger.

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   The next time she got out of bed, flames were shooting through the garage's roof space. "That was it, the roof was goneburger," Lynne told The Press yesterday. "You could hear it crackling—it was really horrible."

   2000 November 2, Christine Rush, “Family lucky to escape fire”, in The Press, Christchurch: Independent Newspapers, News, page 3

   His mother, father, two brothers, two sisters and an army of aunts, uncles and cousins were at Palmerston North Hospital to support him yesterday, Ms Harrison said. "We can't stress how lucky he is to be alive because, looking at the state of the car, he could easily have been goneburger."

   2010 December 22, “One dead, three hurt in Dannevirke crashes hour apart”, in Manawatū Standard, Palmerston North: Independent Newspapers, News, page 1

   The old carrot and stick method of motivating people is pretty much goneburger.

   2014 June 30, “16 things I've learned in the past year, the hard way”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland: APN News & Media, News, page A25

   Meanwhile, National minister Chris Bishop responded to a social media post about the plans coming to an end by saying, "I believe the correct term is 'goneburger'".

   2026 February 27, Jamie Ensor, “Peters celebrates end to PM's quarterly plans”, in The New Zealand Herald, Auckland: NZME, News, page A2