doofus
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fəs noun, plural doo·fus·es.
Slang. a foolish or inept person.
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| —n | |
| informal chiefly (US) a slow-witted or stupid person | |
| [C20: from Black slang] | |
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Doofus
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| Main Entry: | doofus |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See dufus |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
doofus
student slang, "dolt, idiot, nerd," by 1960s. "Dictionary of American Slang" says "probably related to doo-doo and goofus," which isn't very helpful.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The real doofus is the one who even begins to believe this statistic.
Doofus will have you laughing in the aisles with his unique style of hillbilly humor.
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