different between boofy vs roofy

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?b?fi/

Etymology 1

From bouffant +? -y.

Adjective

boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.

   My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.

   • 2010, James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story, unnumbered page,

     I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.

Etymology 2

Apparently from first element of boofhead +? -y. First recorded in the 1990s.

Adjective

boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.

   Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.

Related terms

• boofhead

English

Etymology

roof +? -y

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?fi
• Homophone: roofie

Adjective

roofy (comparative more roofy, superlative most roofy)

1. (archaic) Having roofs.

   • roofy houses

Anagrams

• fro-yo, froyo