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BY Farida Dawkins, 5:00pm September 10, 2018,

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7 phrases that you thought were American but actually come from Africa

by Farida Dawkins, 5:00pm September 10, 2018,

7 phrases that you thought were American but actually come from Africa

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Goober

Goober is a word used to describe a peanut.

It said that the idiom comes from the Bantu languages Kikongo and Kimbundu word for peanut, nguba.

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: September 10, 2018

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