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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

Ok, I've found that a 'goober' is a:

1. Peanut
2. Meat of any nut
3. a Chocolate covered peanut
4. a Gob of spit
5. a booger

Anyone else ever used this term at all?

a friend of mine calls himself the "Goober King"...I want to make sure he knows what a 'goober' really is...

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Posted by Jubilee (Member # 99) on :

I call myself a Goober occasionally ... usually when i'm being a stupid clutz. It's hard to describe the exact definition I apply to it when i'm using it... but usually it's after i've done something really, really obviously stupid... and when I catch it finally I say "I'M SUCH A GOOBER!"

Don't know if that helps at all...

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

If your friend is a Hick, or a Country Bumpkin, then yes he may be a Goober.

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Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

*Raises an eyebrow at Cargile* *L* Being from the South....*ahem*...when WE use goober, it's either in reference to a peanut--no OTHER nut--or to a person who is being goofy, or making a general fool of himself. Sometimes 'geek' could substitute...i guess. *shrugs*

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

*looks at Jedi Weyoun*

Which south are you from?

I've heard it used all the time in regards to a klutzy or just a total redneck.

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Posted by Trinculo on :

IIRC, JW is from Tenn.. I have lived in Arkansas and Texas, two southern states, and I never heard the term "goober". I use the phrase southern states in the sense of the Confederate nation. (I like the Confederate flag. The flag is very distinctive and unforgettable.)

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Well, I've never heard the term used in everyday life in L.A., but I have seen it as the brand of a peanut butter.

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Posted by Coddman (Member # 10) on :

Up in Cana-Duuh, it's a gob of spit, AKA a loogie.

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Isn't Goober the auto-mechanic in Mayberry?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yes, I believe so. Or was that Gomer? No, he was on a different show, wasn't he? Pleh...

Anyway, I very rarely hear the word "goober" used, but, when I do, it's usually either a peanut, or something mildly disparaging, like what Jubee said. But, as I said, I almost never actually hear it.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

It was both, TSN.

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Posted by Feste on :

There's also a song from the War of Yankee Aggression that has the refrain: peas, peas, peas, peas, eatin' goober peas/goodness how delicious eatin' goober peas!

If you are very lucky you will never hear it because it has one of those melodies you can't forget like "Tea For Two."

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Posted by Cargile (Member # 45) on :

Being from the GEORGIA USA South, I stand firm in my Goober definition. I've seen and known enough of them.

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Posted by Warped1701 (Member # 40) on :

*agrees with Cargile* It's the same here in West Texas. Only difference between here and Georgia, is there things are green, and there are hills.

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Posted by bryce (Member # 42) on :

The reason I have AOL IM is to talk with some buddies from Ohio's farm country. They call me that occasionally when I harrass them. It esp. refers to cow slobber!

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Posted by RW (Member # 27) on :

*adds word to English vocabulary*

Posted by Jedi Weyoun (Member # 110) on :

*grumbles* well i *still* say i've never heard it used in reference to a hick, hillbilly, or redneck....and while i *may* qualify as one or both of the first two.....if someone were EVER to call me a GOOBER their neck would be immediately wrung like a turkey, until they turned blue gasping for oxygen and pleaded to be released. I dont' care if i AM a jedi. *L*

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Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

I can't say I've ever used that term for anything that hasn't to do with peanuts and caramel, I have heard Jubilee use it on many occasions.

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

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I have heard all of the above definitions (except for the cow slobber one -- *ads it to his personal lexicon*).

As far as "goober" meaning a hick or redneck, there is the possibility that this usage was "coined" on "the Andy Griffith Show" (that hick-town show set in Mayberry, hereinafter referred to as TAGS).

"Gomer" is used (at least in the military) to describe an innocent and ignorant person of (perhaps) limited intelligence/life experience. That usage of the term is most definitely derived from the character from TAGS (and later -- surprise! -- from "Gomer Pyle, USMC".)

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Posted by zilla on :

the goober should ONLY be used to make fun of someone outta love. They could be clutzy, funny, or just plain silly. bryce is a major goober. Goobers are also those chocolate thingys... so I'm thinking a goober is a nutty person... but is also kinf of sweet.

Posted by bryce (Member # 42) on :

Unfortunately, when she has called me this before she sounded really upset!

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