Someone who is not intelligent in the ways of daily human activity - social outcast or moron. I saw a man today wearing a red sneaker on his right foot and a combat boot on his left foot. He asked me if I had change for a dollar - because he needed to cross the street! What a goombah.
goombah
SLANG TERM
[gu:m'b?:]
¦ noun N. Amer. informal an associate or accomplice, especially a senior member of a criminal gang.
Origin
1960s: prob. a dialect alt. of Ital. compare 'godfather, friend, accomplice'.
Goombah
SLANG TERM
GoombahAlso spelled goomba, goombah, gumba, or gumbah. is a pejorative slang term for people of Italian descent, mainly in the United States, with several related connotations to the Mafia (either the Italian-American Mafia, the original Sicilian Mafia, or other Italian organized crime groups) or gangs of Italian or Italian-American origin.
GoombahAlso spelled goomba, goombah, gumba, or gumbah. is a pejorative slang term for people of Italian descent, mainly in the United States, with several related connotations to the Mafia (either the Italian-American Mafia, the original Sicilian Mafia, or other Italian organized crime groups) or gangs of Italian or Italian-American origin.