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goof-up

  [goof-uhp]
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–noun Slang.
1. a person who habitually makes mistakes, spoils things, gets into trouble, etc., esp. through carelessness or irresponsibility.
2. a mistake, blunder, malfunction, or the like.
Also, goofup.

Origin:
1940–45; n. use of v. phrase goof up
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goof

  [goof] Slang.
–verb (used without object)
1. to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
2. to waste or kill time; evade work or responsibility (often fol. by off or around): Exam week is not a time to goof off. We goofed around till train time.
–verb (used with object)
3. to spoil or make a mess of (something); botch; bungle (often fol. by up): You really goofed up the job.
–noun
4. a foolish or stupid person.
5. a mistake or blunder, esp. one due to carelessness.
6. a source of fun or cause for amusement: We short-sheeted his bunk just for a goof.
—Verb phrase
7. goof on, Slang. to tease, ridicule, or mock; make fun of.
Origin:
1915–20; appar. var. of obs. goff dolt < MF goffe awkward, stupid
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Slang Dictionary
goof [guf

  1. n.
    a foolish oaf; a goofyperson. : Don't be a goof. Get with it.
  2. in.
    to use heroin or some other addictive drugs without intending to become addicted; to play around (with heroin). (Drugs.) : Gert spent the first few years just goofing.
  3. in.
    to scratch, nod, and slobber after an injection of heroin. (Drugs.) : She has been goofing for an hour.
  4. in.
    and goof up. to make a blunder. : This time, you goofed. , I'm afraid I goofed up.
  5. n.
    a blunder; an error. : This goof is yours, not mine.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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goof (sth) up

  1. tv.
    to mess something up. : I hope I don't goof up the report again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

goof 
1916, Amer.Eng., "stupid person," perhaps a variant of Eng. dial. goff "foolish clown" (1869), from 16c. goffe, probably from M.Fr. goffe "awkward, stupid," of uncertain origin. Or Eng. goffe may be from M.E. goffen "speak in a frivolous manner," possibly from O.E. gegaf "buffoonery," and gaffetung "scolding." Sense of "a blunder" is c.1954, probably infl. by gaffe. The verbal meaning "waste time" is 1932; the verb meaning "make a mistake" is from 1941. Goof off "loaf" is also from 1941. Adj. goofy is attested from 1921. The Disney character of that name began life as Dippy Dawg c.1929. Goofball "narcotic" is from 1938; as an intensive of goof, it dates from 1959.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

goof up

Blunder, make a mistake, spoil. For example, I really goofed up and got all the dates wrong. This expression emerged in the military during World War II, along with the synonymous goof off. Quite often up is omitted, as in Sorry, I goofed. [Slang; c. 1940]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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