boon coon

Noun

boon coon (plural boon coons)

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A close companion.
   • “I know it was true,” whispered the trusty, “cause a friend of mine, my boon coon, my main man, was one of those asked, and he told me about it. And he don’t lie. Not to me.”1985, James Farmer, “Which Side Are You On?”, in Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, part 1 (Mississippi Revisited), page 11
   • I wanna stay in my hood. It’s flavorful. I feel safe there. I know it like the back of my hand. My boon coons are there. They love me. I wouldn’t want to live with white people. They may not love me.2002, Tracy Bachrach Ehlers, quoting Sugar Turner [pseudonym], “Tracy’s Introduction”, in Sugar Turner, Tracy Bachrach Ehlers, Sugar’s Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother, Austin...