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doofus
English
Alternative forms
- dufus
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s), due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”), which has a secondary sense: "idiotic". The Low Saxon word is cognate with English deaf.
Some have proposed that perhaps dupe played some kind of role in the development of doofus as well.
Goofus appears to be a fanciful extension of goof, perhaps taking its ending from ignoramus. Goof likely originated as an alteration of the (now obsolete) English goff ("a clown")—compare English geek, which originated as an alteration of geck ("simpleton")—but any of its history prior to that is up for debate, and difficult to precisely trace.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?f?s
- IPA(key): /?du?f?s/
Noun
doofus (plural doofuses or doofi)
- (slang) A person with poor judgment and taste.
- Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News
- Danny is such a doofus!
- 1998, Ann Rule, In the Name of Love, in In the Name of Love and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4, page 185,
- Nichols had called Bonilla a doofus who was too damn stupid to realize that he was being taken by a hooker with a convincing sob story.
- Even if Steve was a doofus, Nichols and Rand were quite willing to work for him as long as he had money.
- 2005 October 17, Kevin Amorin, Mewsday, quoted in 2007, Troth Wells, T-Shirt, page 14,
- Being too young to attend a show on Bowie's 1983 Serious Moonlight tour, I did what any underage doofus would do. I bought a concert T-shirt – three-quarter-length blue sleeves, image of Major Tom himself on the front.
- "That's doofi, Krakauer. Sorry to correct you."
Synonyms
- (person with poor judgement and taste): boob, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, oaf
Related terms
- doof
- doofy
Translations
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nimrod
English
Etymology
In some English-speaking countries, Nimrod is used to denote a hunter or warrior, because the biblical Nimrod is described as "a mighty hunter". In American English, however, the term has acquired a derogatory meaning of "idiot"; there are various hypotheses as to why.
Noun
nimrod (plural nimrods)
- (chiefly US, informal, derogatory) A foolish person; an idiot.
- Don't stick your fingers in the fan, you nimrod!
Synonyms
- (pejorative term meaning idiot): doofus, fathead, lamebrain, numbskull
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
References
- nimrod at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- D minor
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