goob

goob

1. slang Someone who is silly or stupid. A shortening of "goober." That guy's a total goob—I can't ask him to prom!
2. slang A pimple. Do you have any zit cream? I've got a huge goob right in the middle of my forehead.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

goob

(gub)
1. n. a pimple. (Short for guber.) I have the world’s greatest goob right on the end of my nose.
2. n. a nerd; a simpleton. (see also guber.) Gary is such a goob. Why can’t he do anything right?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • goober
  • guber
  • goophead
  • Barf City
  • prostie
  • prosties
  • reg
  • goober grease
  • goober-grease
  • goop
References in periodicals archive
In your new movie, The Goob, there is a sex scene where your character's son sees you and your boyfriend at it Can you imagine anything worse than watching your mum have sex?!
When I was shooting The Goob I was staying at Mum's with the kids, so when I was on set they were at home running around like wild, naked feral people having the time of their lives.
The lowering skies and flat, scrubby landscape of Norfolk --an English county less frequently caressed on film than its lusher counterparts--lend an atmosphere of eerie distinction to otherwise well-tilled coming-of-age territory in "The Goob." Guy Myhill's uninvitingly titled debut feature gets significant mileage out of its golden-hour lensing and the bristly charisma of its younger cast members, but seems torn between narrative possibilities in its story of a 16-year-old lad manning up against his mother's boorish b.f.
Lewis is so wrapped up in his inventions, he has little time to charm potential adoptive parents or be sensitive to the needs of his permanently exhausted roommate Goob.
Lewis is so wrapped up in his inventions he has little time to charm potential adoptive parents, or to be sensitive to the needs of his permanently exhausted roommate Goob (Josten).
From top: In The Goob with on-screen son Liam Wolpole; with husband Enzo Cilenti
His fellow wastrel and only pal is sad-sack "Goob," a baseball fanatic forever depressed over a muffed catch that lost his team a big game.
Lewis is so wrapped up in his inventions that he has little time to charm potential adoptive parents, or to be sensitive to the needs of his permanently exhausted roommate Goob (Josten), who is kept awake at night by his tinkering.
A star crew includes multiple America's Cup winner Grant Simmer and lain 'Goobs' Jensen, Olympic gold (2012) and silver (2016) 49er medallist.
[GRAPHICS OMITTED] Labor Market Conditions Average monthly change (thousands of employees) 2000 2001 Payroll employment 161 -149 Goods producing -1 -124 Construction 7 -1 Manufacturing -9 -123 Durable goobs 2 -88 Nondurable goods -11 -35 Service providing 162 -25 Information 15 -15 Financial activities (a 6 7 PBS (b) 40 -63 Education and Health 32 51 Leisure and hospitality 22 -2 Government 22 46 Average for period (percent) Civilian unemployment rate 4.0 4.8 Average monthly change (thousands of employees) Jan.-Aug.