- Home
- Idioms
- a coon's age
a coon's age
a coon's age
An exceptionally long period of time. Based on the folk belief that raccoons (shortened colloquially to "coons") had a longer-than-average lifespan. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. It will take a coon's age to get all this work finished! I haven't been on a vacation in a coon's age.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Laurus | | - | Late Roman |
| Beylke | | - | Yiddish |
| Nuray | | - | Turkish |
| Vili | | VEE-lee (Finnish) | Hungarian, Slovene, Finnish |
| Dorte | | DOR-te | Danish |
| Paris (2) | | PER-is (English), PAR-is (English) | Various |