goofy goober

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(chiefly, _, US, slang, informal) A foolish or amusingly silly person; a goofball; a goober.

SpongeBob and Patrick were both wearing their favorite headgear: peanut-shaped Goofy Goober hats! "I'm a Goofy Goober, yeah!" sang SpongeBob. Patrick sang back, "You're a Goofy Goober, yeah!" Then they put their heads together. "We're al…

Origin: . Coined and popularised by the American television series and media franchise SpongeBob SquarePants, particularly the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, in which the noun is ostensibly derived from Goofy Goober, the peanut mascot of a restaurant. Goober, which is also slang for a foolish or amusingly silly person, is thus a pun. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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