goom
/ɡuːm
/ /ɡʊm /noun [mass noun] Australian
(Especially in Aboriginal English) methylated spirits or other cheap alcoholic liquor: although drunk on goom, he was a fit man...
- He had been drinking cask wine and goom.
- Brandy was his favourite drink after gin, then came whiskey and finally goom.
- He also had some goom, didn't he?
Origin
1960s: perhaps from Gabi-gabi and other Aboriginal languages gung 'water, alcohol'.