ongoer

From on +‎ -goer.

ongoer (plural ongoers)

1. One who continues moving along a path or carrying on a tradition.
   • 1897, Nash's Pall Mall Magazine - Volume 13, page 202:

     The ongoers laid Jake to rest under the rain-softened sod before they went, and left behind them also one-fifth of the provisions, some quinine, a tent, and half a dozen of the fattest steers.

   • 1946, William McDevitt, Jack London's first, page 19:

     For these or for similar reasons, Jack London seems destined to be more than simply an author; he will continue to grow into a legend; then he will be transformed into a symbol — the protagonist of the Pioneers; the original Native Son; a portent of a newer generation; the "Man on the road"; the Pal on the Trail; the eternal traveler, the ongoer, the forward marcher.

   • 1990, Slovenský národopis - Volume 38, page 565:

     The roles of family and relations as preservers and ongoers of ethnocultural traditions and also stabilizers of the ethnic consciousness were studied.

2. (euphemistic) One who dies.
   • 1934, Thomas Moult, The best poems of 1922, page 37:

     The Ongoer made me His Deputy here: Who payeth may pass, though he reckon it dear, — His quittance from clumsy, cumbering gear. You are Death? I am Death, Devourer and Foe Or Friend and Deliverer:

   • 1976, Herman Arthur Voaden, Earth song, page 4:

     Hasten O ongoer! Fear not the storm that darkens.

   • 2002, Harold W. Percival, Thinking And Destiny, →ISBN, page 643:

     Among the duties of a member of this fraternity is that of being a companion to an ongoer when necessary.

3. (UK) A pig farmer who receives assistance in restructuring his or her business as part of The Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme, announced on 30 March 2000 as part of The Action Plan for Farming.
   • 1999, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report:

     To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to introduce the outgoer and ongoer elements of the pig industry restructuring scheme; and what projection has been made of the funds to be allocated to each element in each of the three years of the overall scheme.

   • 2001, Matthew Parris, Off message: new Labour, new sketches, page 299:

     We heard about the PIRS (the Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme); about its importance 'to both outgoers and ongoers'; we even heard about 'classical swine fever'.

   • 2005, Northern Ireland Annual Abstract of Statistics - Issue 23:

     Includes Pig Welfare Slaughter Scheme and Foot and Mouth (non-capital) compensation and Pig Industry Restructuring Scheme (Ongoers) payments.

• Gooner, Oregon, no-goer, nogoer, orgone, orogen