peanut, earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut
(noun) pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; āgroundnutā and āmonkey nutā are British terms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
goober (plural goobers)
(chiefly Southern US) synonym of peanut.
(chiefly Southern US, dated slang) synonym of Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly those from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.
(chiefly US, childish slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
• (fool): See fool, idiot, ignoramus, and mentally deficient person
goober (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.
• bog ore, booger
Source: Wiktionary
Goo"ber, n.
Definition: A peanut. [Southern U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be ādancingā after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. Thatās how the first coffee drink was born.
