goober n.1
1. (US) an inhabitant of North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas or Georgia.
 | Fifth N.Y. Cavalry (1868) 339: Conscripts by the dozen [...] pouring in the Castle, like animals in the ark [...] Some from Mississippi state and ‘Goobers’ from Tar river . | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Overland Monthly (CA) May 420: Many a lettre de Jerusalem was dispatched by the Tar-heels, the Goobers, the Clay-eaters, from Point Lookout. | |
| Americanisms 57: During the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State [i.e. N.C.] was apt to be nick-named a Goober. | |
| Stormy Weather 106: They’re talking to some dumb goober from Alabama. |
2. (US) the penis.
| (ref. to 1920s) AS XXVII:2 157: Goober had formerly been identified with the anatomically distinctive organ of young boys. | |
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| Queens’ Vernacular 22: After swallowing the gob’s goobers, a typical sailor queen may attempt naval combat (to fuck a sailor). | |
| With the Boys 171: Boys may say to their friends, rivals, and enemies [...] ‘eat my goober,’ ‘eat me out,’ ‘french my hole’. | |
| Bad Chili 197: Pretty soon he’s hanging out in the park shoppin’ for goober. |
3. the testicles.
| (con. 1940s) Tattoo (1977) 57: ‘He [peanut seller] ain’t got no hot nuts,’ he joked with the woman. ‘Just some little ole goobers.’. |
4. (US campus) a small child.
| ‘Razorback Sl.’ in AS L:1/2 59: goober n Small child. |
5. a generic term for any rural person.
| Nature Girl 7: And where would you take these goobers on your ‘ecotour’? | |
| The Force [ebook] The goobers love to talk about crime in the big cities. |
In derivatives
(US) from un urban perspective, a generic rural small town.
| The Force [ebook] ‘We trace it back to some straw purchase in Gooberville, the judge is going to be pissed’. |
In compounds
(US) a silly person.
| Race for Home 170: The same must work for climbing chicken shacks, he knew: foot in crotch of chinaberry tree, up and onto roof of shack before those rows of goober-brains could even cluck a what-was-that . | |
| TV Guide 37 161: If only boys weren't such ‘goober brains!’. |
(US) a general derog. term, typically describing an eccentric, a fussy person, one who drives badly.
| Rebel Ranger 77: ‘Ah, thet damn gooberhead,’ sighed Boxley. ‘I’m fixin’ to lose him — he's bad luck’ . | |
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| Presumption of Guilt 10: Has it occurred to you that if you hadn't tried to make this into a media circus [...] you might not look like such an almighty gooberhead right now? | |
| Robbers (2001) 296: Sterling bunch of gooberheads. | |
| Among the Broken 18: Then standing up a little straighter and trying for a more authoritative tone she added, ‘Now, come on, you gooberhead’. |