no-goodnik

noun

ˌnō-ˈgu̇d-nik How to pronounce no-goodnik (audio)
Definition of no-goodniknext
as in bum
an idle worthless person an otherwise intelligent woman who has a singular gift for picking boyfriends who invariably turn out to be no-goodniks

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Recent Examples of no-goodnik This caricature of an all-powerful, morally bankrupt no-goodnik is actually the oldest immortal around. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2025 Musk seems to be a minister without a portfolio in charge of some no-goodnik cabal. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
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  1. bum
  2. hobo
  3. beggar
Noun
  • Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.
    — Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The silhouette was heavily elongated, with three-quarter-length jackets and argyle knitwear that covered the bum.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of bum
Noun
  • Carl Sandburg’s 1927 American Songbag featured a whole section of hobo songs presenting the bum as a beau ideal.
    — Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
  • From feeding hobos on the back porch in the night in the Great Depression to marching against wars for oil in the Eighties and Nineties.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of hobo
Noun
  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Robert Pattinson’s big outburst in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ has gone viral—here’s the ‘beggars’ meme, explained.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of beggar

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“No-goodnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-goodnik. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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