Americanization of the Italian word "cafone," much like "goombah" verses the actual Italian word "cumpare." The basic meaning is a fool, idiot, or someone without any class and is used by some Italian-Americans.
Gafoon may also take influence from the english "buffoon" as "gavone," another Americanization of "cafone," is closer to the actual word.
My maternal grandmother, a Sicilian-American, always refers to my father as a gafoon or stunad.
When some resigns or retires from a job, they are on "eternity leave". This can also refer to someone who has passed away, especially someone who worked somewhere for a long time, retired/resigned, then passed away later.
Oh I'm sorry, you didn't know that Kelly is on eternity leave? She resigned and moved to Hawaii!
With regrets I would like to inform you that my boss is officially on eternity leave. I will never see or hear them again. Ever.