goober
Americannoun
noun
Usage
What does goober mean? Goober is an informal name for a peanut.The peanut is sometimes also called the goober pea. Goober is also used as a slang term for an unsophisticated, goofy person, especially one from a rural area, somewhat similar to the term bumpkin.Goober is primarily used in the Southern and Midland United States.Example: I can’t wait to get some boiled goobers at a roadside stand when I go back home to Georgia.
Etymology
Origin of goober
First recorded in 1825–35; of Bantu origin; compare Kongo, Kimbundu nguba “peanut”
Example Sentences
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Out-of-town goobers and locals alike hike up to various vantage points around it for a selfie or group shot.
From Los Angeles Times
The roughly hewn goober had been strapped to the back of a logging truck, hauled across the country and parked near the White House.
From Los Angeles Times
Stokes was the beneficiary of perhaps the worst drop of the lot, a complete goober by opposite number Tom Latham at short cover when the England skipper had 30.
From BBC
It comes off as goober posturing, not worthy of the sixth-most populous county in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times
A serpent-tongued viper might call these true believers goobers, rubes, suckers, and dupes, but what good would it do?
From Salon
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