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    doo·fus
    [ˈdo͞ofəs]
    noun
    NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
    informal
    derogatory
    doofus (noun) · doofuses (plural noun) · dufus (noun) · dufuses (plural noun)
    1. a stupid person:
      "a doofus who paid an inflated price for a tatty house"
    Origin
    1960s: perhaps an alteration of goofus, or from Scots doof ‘dolt’.
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    noun
    1. a stupid person:
      idiot
      fool
      simpleton
      moron
      cretin
      imbecile
      ignoramus
      oaf
      dunce
      dolt
      dullard
      nincompoop
      duffer
      jackass
      bungler
      blunderer
      dope
      chump
      clot
      clod
      nitwit
      dimwit
      airhead
      birdbrain
      lamebrain
      peabrain
      numbskull
      thickhead
      fathead
      blockhead
      bonehead
      meathead
      dunderhead
      chucklehead
      knucklehead
      pinhead
      wooden-head
      dipstick
      dumbbell
      dumbhead
      dumbo
      dummy
      dum-dum
      noodle
      nerd
      ninny
      donkey
      berk
      divvy
      nit
      numpty
      ass
      goat
      mug
      pillock
      prat
      silly billy
      balloon
      cuddy
      galoot
      goof
      goofball
      goofus
      putz
      bozo
      dumbass
      lamer
      boob
      chowderhead
      meatball
      lummox
      turkey
      clunk
      ding-a-ling
      dip
      palooka
      poop
      galah
      alec
      alick
      dingbat
      dick
      dildo
      fuckwit
      arse
      arsehole
      knobhead
      twat
      asshole
      asshat
      stupid person
      wally
      cloth-head
      wazzock
      muppet
      nyaff
      drongo
      nong
     
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    What does Doofus mean?
    Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of DOOFUS is a stupid, incompetent, or foolish person.

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    Where does the word 'doof' come from?
    Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf", with a secondary sense of "idiotic, stupid”). 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. doofus (plural doofuses or doofi)

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    What is the difference between Goofus and Doofus?
    Goofus and doofus were slang terms used in the black and white days of the US. If you heard them on TV they were both considered very harsh words at the time. Now they are mild at best. The word goofus and doofus are different. Goofus: Has the modern iteration of goofball. Means somebody that is quirky, different, maybe a little spazzy.

    Where does 'doofus' (or perhaps 'dufus') come from? [closed]

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    Where did Doofus come from?
    Origin of Doofus The slang term “ doofus ” is not only internet slang. The term has been used since the 1960s when it became popular among students as a part of the everyday informal conversation to describe someone who showed a lack of common sense. “Doofus” has been said to have two possible origins that existed before the 60s.

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    What is a doofus lexical item?
    doofus is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a lexical item in a Germanic language. Etymons: goofus n.1

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    When was Doofus first used?
    The earliest known use of the word doofus is in the 1960s. OED's earliest evidence for doofus is from 1965, in the writing of N. B. Levin. doofus is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a lexical item in a Germanic language.

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