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goo⋅ber

[goo-ber]
–noun South Midland and Southern U.S.
the peanut.
Also called goober pea.


Origin:
1825–35; of Afr orig.; cf. Kimbundu nguba peanut
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guber [ˈgubɚ]

and goober
  1. n.
    a facial pimple. (See also goob.) : How does anybody get rid of goobers?
  2. 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").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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