A Googan is a term used by local fishermen to describe idiots on the water. They are dangerous, oblivious and lack talent when operating boats, tying knots, choosing the correct fishing gear and the like. A Googan might look capable and confident but be careful around them. Their lack of knowledge, skills and abilities around the water can disturb your day in any number of ways. Usually, their confidence far outweighs their competence, and their ineptitude shows itself rather quickly through either words, appearance, or actions.
That Googan does not know how to tie a knot and will most likely loose the fish when it bites the hook.
noun
a picture of an exotic foreign locale, made using a camera and shared through the internet, usually for the purposes of reminding people back home in bad weather just how unlucky they are. Less commonly, may also apply to images of newly-acquired significant others.
Canadian spelling: "Gloatograph".
Short form: gloto
That January, Mike and Kerri eloped to Hawaii, where they posted many glotographs of Maui sunsets on Facebook, much to the chagrin of their jealousfriends in Calgary.