gouber

Noun

goober (plural goobers)

1. (Southern US) A peanut.
   • A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea1833 November 7, Louisville Public Advertiser
2. (Southern US, dated, slang) A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.
   • Conscripts by the dozen...
     Come pouring in the Castle...
     Some from Mississippi state and “Goobers” from Tar river.1863, anonymous author, “Castle Thunder”, in Louis Napoléon Boudrye, editor, Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry..., Appendix, page 339
3. (Internet, US, childish, slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
   • For Ralph, any encouragement is too much. When Lisa gives Ralph a valentine bearing that locomotive pun that so affected The Simpsons’ showrunner, Ralph misinterprets the gesture as a genuine display of romantic interest rather than a gesture of pity from a thoughtful young geek to a friendless...2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “The Simpsons (Classic): 'I Love Lisa'”, in A.V. Club

   Synonyms:

   alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead

4. (US, slang) A quantity of sputum.
   • […] spat a goober into the sunbaked dust between them […]1994, Tabor Evans, Longarm and the Barbed Wire Bullies, page 139

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