Doofus

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Doofus

NN: Oblivious or stupid person; "He walked straight into the wall. Yes, my boyfriend is a doofus." F92 NN - Obs. F98. Brognano, D. McGiveron

spelling change from dufus to doofus F08, BIervese

Comments:

Most people surveyed were familiar with this word, but they felt as if this was a word more suited to the vocabulary of a middle school student and do not use this themselves.K. Andryshak, 2012

Posted by kla8 at Nov 20, 2012 15:06

Based on survey results, 100% of participants could define the word; indicating that the word is not obsolete (M Gillanders, A-F, 2019).

Posted by meg23 at Apr 07, 2019 16:28

Document generated by Confluence on May 22, 2023 12:37

Created by Ayla Gower (amg57) on May 2, 2025

current student population of Geneseo Institution polled, both male and female

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AG: still a well known term as 97% of those who had heard the term used around or used it themselves on campus could define it.

posted by amg57 on May 2, 2025