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plural goobers
(chiefly Southern US) A peanut. quotations examples
A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea
1833 November 7, Louisville Public Advertiser
But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober.
1834 May 24, Cherokee Phoenix, page 3
(chiefly Southern US, dated slang) A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region. quotations
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
The peanuts or earth-nuts known in North Carolina and the adjoining States as Goober peas, so that during the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State was apt to be nick-named a Goober.
1871, Maximilian Schele de Vere, Americanisms, page 57
(chiefly US, childish slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person. quotations
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 goober.
2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “The Simpsons (Classic): 'I Love Lisa'”, in A.V. Club
third-person singular simple present goobers, present participle goobering, simple past and past participle goobered
(slang, intransitive) To drool or dribble.
(slang, transitive) To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.