goober pea n.
Chiefly Southern U.S. See peanut. See Regional Note at goober.
pea·nut (pē'nŭt') n.
A prostrate southern Brazilian plant (Arachis hypogaea) widely cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions, having yellow flowers on stalks that bend over so that the seed pods ripen underground.
The edible, nutlike, oily seed of this plant, used for food and as a source of oil. Also called regionally goober, goober pea.
A peanut-shaped piece of polystyrene, used in cushioning items during shipment.
Slang
A person small in stature.
A person who is regarded as being insignificant.
peanutsInformal A very small amount of money; a trifling sum.
adj.
Slang Having little or no importance; insignificant: peanut politicians.
n. a facial pimple. (See also goob.) : How does anybody get rid of goobers?
n. a tumor. (Jocular medical slang. Possibly because it grows beneath the surface like the goober—the peanut. See also boogie.) : The patient with the abdominal guber is going into surgery now.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History
goober
"peanut," 1833, Amer.Eng., of African origin, perhaps Bantu (cf. Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba "peanut").
[goo-ber] 
