Goober

/ˈɡuːbər/ noun

A peanut; also slang for a silly or foolish person.

From Bantu language (Kikongo 'nguba'), brought through African diaspora to American English. The peanut meaning came from the food; the person meaning evolved from that as casual slang.

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