goober

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He's become whiny and acts like a little goober, and that's not how real conservatives are.

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  1. noun Chiefly Southern U.S. See peanut.
  2. Regional Note
    Most Southerners recognize the terms goober and goober pea as other names for the peanut. Goober is related to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba, "peanut.” The word is especially interesting as one of a small stock of African language borrowings brought over by slaves. Most of these words have to do with the food items imported from Africa for the slaves to eat. In this category are gumbo, "okra,” which is of Bantu origin, and yam, which is of West African origin. The noun cooter is related to the Mandingo word kuta and the Tshiluba word nkudu, both meaning "turtle.” Cooter is still used in South Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf states to denote the edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys and, by extension, other turtles and tortoises.

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  • We're not sure how light will affect your nasal cells (unless you're belting them with lasers or UV rays or something), and you're sure to look like a goober wandering around the office with backlighted eyeballs and electric protrusions sticking out from your nose.
  • I put on my best nonunion-goober-talking-to-angry-longshoreman smile. —  ChallengingDestiny22:April2006
  • January 28th, 2009 at 5: 09 pm dood ura goober, and ur not a marine. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • I mean, if you look up the word "goober" in the dictionary, you're going to find this kid's mug staring right back at you. —  Evil Beet Gossip
  • He's become whiny and acts like a little goober, and that's not how real conservatives are. —  IMAO
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  1. Of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba.

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  1. Supposed to be of W. Ind, or African origin (?).
 

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