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goofy goober en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Alliterative compound of goofy + goober (“a peanut”). Coined and popularised by the American television series and media franchise SpongeBob SquarePants, particularly the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, in which the noun is ostensibly derived from Goofy Goober, the peanut mascot of the eponymous fictional ice cream parlor. Goober, which is also slang for a foolish or amusingly silly person, is thus a pun.

Meanings

1. (US, informal, slang) A foolish or amusingly silly person; a goofball; a goober.
   • SpongeBob and Patrick were both wearing their favorite headgear: peanut-shaped Goofy Goober hats! "I'm a Goofy Goober, yeah!" sang SpongeBob. Patrick sang back, "You're a Goofy Goober, yeah!" Then they put their heads together. "We're all Goofy Goobers, yeah! Goofy, Goofy, Goober, Goober, yeah!" 2004 September 14, Marc Cerasini, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Novelisation), Simon and Schuster, Nickelodeon, →ISBN, page 13:
   • You've turned me into the comedy relief of the group. That's all I am to you...and the rest of them... one big joke. Perry's a goofy goober, but we love him anyway. Do you know how that makes me feel? 2017, George Jones, Hearts and Pistols (Paranoria, TX - The Radio Scripts), volume 8, Jericho Co. Productions, →ISBN, pages 168–69:
   • My father is a classically trained Shakespearean actor. Yes, he's most famous for starring in The Addams Family and Night Court, for doing the Killer Tomato movies, for being this goofy goober of a guy. And he's good at that sort of thing. But he's a serious man who has given extraordinary and powerful performances. 2004 October 14, Sean Astin, Joe Layden, There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
   • Y'all two remember the drunk goofy goober who came here to start some shit 'bout a week ago? One with the accent? "You don't exactly forget something like that." Tapani responded in a smartass-y pitch. Not intentionally, but it was there regardless. 2019 October 14, Jani Ojala, Oulunsalo Fiction: The Complete Trilogy, Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 436:

Forms

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