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As a kid, I always hung out with a social circle that was 2-3 years older than me. Which is a BIG DIFFERENCE when you are high-school age. I was a total goofball. The clown of the group. And people liked to retaliate by calling me silly names. The one that stuck with my primary group of friends was "Goob". As in, "Dude. You are SUCH a goob." One of my friends' mom actually called me Goob. It irritated me at the time, of course. But ever since then I have embraced it. Although nowadays I'll sign off emails with "goobster". (Always lower case ... because ... diminishment, ya know.)