I’ve literally never heard of goober as meaning peanut.
I thought it basically just meant ‘glob’ when describing a physical thing, and when describing a person, basically the same as ‘derpy’, like uh, silly, absent minded, something like that, and is mostly meant in an at least semi endearing way.
It’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Another name for a peanut. Not sure how it became a soft pejorative, but I’m a fan
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
What?
I’ve literally never heard of goober as meaning peanut.
I thought it basically just meant ‘glob’ when describing a physical thing, and when describing a person, basically the same as ‘derpy’, like uh, silly, absent minded, something like that, and is mostly meant in an at least semi endearing way.
croizat@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
It’s why the Goofy Goober from SpongeBob is a peanut
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s a borrowed African word. Borrowed in the 1800s. Borrowed by Americans. Borrowed. But it eventually shifted at some point in the last century to the definition most people are familiar with, though I can’t figure out how or why.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
perhaps you are looking for the word loanword can i lend it to you?
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Huh, well TIL, thanks!