Slangipedia - Slang Dictionary

1

A made-up word that means any old time. People use it when they're too lazy to say something like 'a while ago' or 'forever.'

I saw that movie in a coons age

My grandma’s still alive from a coons age

He said he’d come back in a coons age, and he never did

2

A long time that people use when they want to sound like they live in the woods and don’t know how to tell time.

I haven’t seen my cousin in a coons age

He left the house in a coons age

I’ve been waiting for this for a coons age

3

A really long time. Like, so long you might as well be dead.

I haven’t eaten in a coons age

He’s been missing for a coons age

She hasn’t replied in a coons age

4

Backwoods slang that means about eight and a half years. Raccoons don’t live that long, so it’s probably a lie.

I haven’t seen that guy in a coons age

She’s been gone for a coons age

He’s been dead for a coons age

5

A time so long ago it might as well be the stone age. Probably the worst kind of time ever.

I haven’t talked to my mom in a coons age

He hasn’t worked in a coons age

I haven’t seen that dog in a coons age

6

A raccoon can live up to 16 years if it’s lucky and not eaten by a grizzly. That’s a coons age. And you’re probably not lucky.

I’ve been waiting for that in a coons age

I haven’t updated my profile in a coons age

He’s been drunk for a coons age

7

Any time that happened before now. It doesn’t matter how long it was. It’s a coons age, and that’s all that matters.

I haven’t updated this site in a coons age

He’s been sleeping in a coons age

I’ve been waiting for this in a coons age