goober

noun

1. (Southern-US)A peanut.

   “A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea”

   “But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober.”

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.”

   “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.”

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 goober.”

   “[Keanu] Reeves had spent much of the decade as a celebrity goober—a great-looking guy best known for being a bland actor (at least by traditional acting standards).”

4. (US, slang)A quantity of sputum.

   “[…] spat a goober into the sunbaked dust between them […]”

verb

1. (intransitive, slang)To drool or dribble.
2. (slang, transitive)To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.