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doofus

or ·ڳܲ

[ doo-fuhs ]

noun

plural doofuses.
  1. Slang. a foolish or inept person.


doofus

/ ˈːə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a slow-witted or stupid person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of doofus1

An Americanism daing back to 1960–65; probably alteration of earlier goofus in same sense
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of doofus1

C20: from Black slang
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Chubbs is a golf pro who takes it upon himself to coach Sandler’s eponymous doofus, a hockey player wannabe with talent for the more demure sport.

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A lifelong Democrat, she said in the poll that she would vote for Trump over Biden, whom she called “too old and a bit out of touch” and “a bit of a doofus.”

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Particularly well served by the writers are Doi, the resident mordant wit, and Donovan as the doofus — in Kutcher’s old job, basically.

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By now in life, any people happening upon that tape without recognizing they would want that guy on their team would have to count as doofuses.

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He and Perry are trying to thread a narrow needle, making a selfish, short-sighted doofus into a tragicomic antihero.

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