slang
: a naive, ignorant, or foolish person
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
What wasn’t okay was the corporate 5G hype that treated us like goobers who fall for any promise of new and awesome tech.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
This messy firebrand was now out there sounding like a damn goober.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
Our goober lawmakers may not be able to handle the truth.
—J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 17 June 2021
Kieran Culkin, book-spitter Sarah Snook, J. Smith-Cameron, tall goober Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck, and Rob Yang are all set to return as well.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
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Noun
In black and white, my goober cats are stunning panthers.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 25 Sep. 2024
What wasn’t okay was the corporate 5G hype that treated us like goobers who fall for any promise of new and awesome tech.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
This messy firebrand was now out there sounding like a damn goober.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021
Our goober lawmakers may not be able to handle the truth.
—J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 17 June 2021
Kieran Culkin, book-spitter Sarah Snook, J. Smith-Cameron, tall goober Nicholas Braun, Matthew Macfadyen, Alan Ruck, and Rob Yang are all set to return as well.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
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“Goober.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goober. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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