doofus

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The awkward, bulkiness that makes you look like a doofus is the same thing that protects your head.

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  • They thought about the doofus, and Benny offered the opinion that, whatever happened, they ought to take good care of it. —  AHMM,July-August2008
  • The awkward, bulkiness that makes you look like a doofus is the same thing that protects your head. —  Cool Hunting
  • "Most of the entertainment around the Wii is watching your friend act like a doofus, swinging the thing around," he said. —  InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers
  • I looked it up online and I feel like a doofus - it was part of the Lancome La Collection reissue, and I saw the rest of them (Climat, Sikkim etc.) but never saw Cuir at a Lancome counter in the states. —  Perfume Posse
  • The MINUTE this doofus is back on American soil proposing this and that, the 'Free Market Sphincter' will contract once again, making we contrarian investors rich, rich, RICH! —  Latest Articles
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  1. Perhaps blend of doof, fool (from Scots) and goofus, fool (from goof).
 

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