Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
Wiktionary
- n. slang A person with poor judgment and taste
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Slang a person who is stupid or inept; -- used contemptuously.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stupid incompetent person
Etymologies
- From German doof ("stupid"); related to dolt. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps blend of doof, fool (from Scots) and goofus, fool (from goof). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Apparently either one doofus is sitting in his/her parents 'basement cranking out this meaningless garbage under different names (just like during the' 08 campaign) or they've let the cat out of the bag by not realizing that now we know they're signing on to the same right wing 'instructional' website to get their assignment for the day!”
Kennedy urges immediate Senate replacement if vacancy occurs
“And this doofus is running for the president of the united states?”
“That doofus is the former president of my university.”
Because New Kid is too busy with law school these days to skewer Chronicle articles
“Not sure why you are responding to someone you characterized as a doofus/clown but I suspect that it is not uncommon to express wholly uncredible opinions.”
Bonior Building Behind-The-Scenes Momentum For Openly Gay Union Activist as Labor Secretary
“Naturally as I'm doing the search I am asked by other staff members what I am looking for and I'm sure as I relate to them what's going on they are thinking, This goddamn doofus is a librarian?”
“It’s just so unbelievable how this country got to the point where this doofus is running the show.”
“Medved represents the uninformed and moralistic yokel given a bullhorn — in other words, a doofus for the doofuses to latch onto.”
“The awkward, bulkiness that makes you look like a doofus is the same thing that protects your head.”
“We feel that Larry Fine, while being fairly amusing, is more accurately described as a doofus, not a stooge," said Hollywood legend Carl Reiner.”
“Maybe, but it's not much fun for those of us who are stuck with the "doofus" as our Senator.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘doofus’.
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funny & derogatory
WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
funny derogatory names, quotes, phrases.
( open list, randomness, ad hom, ad hominem )
also see:
buttfucking quitter, dirty sanchez, donkey punch, falcon punch, assbadger, unicorn turd, assclown, fudgenut, quackery, friggin homo, buttmuncher, jackwagon and 272 more... -
Insult Words
A rich collection of all the ways you can insult someone's intelligence.
nincompoop, dimwit, moron, cretin, idiot, meathead, dingbat, nerd, loony, fool, dunce, lamebrain and 31 more...
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like words duh
almost-words teens/tweens use --or -- actualy words they use incorrectly
duh, no duh, duh, no duh, gwon, sh'up, nu-uh, iknow-a, no-a, ow-a, yup, s'up, c'moooon and 25 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
grabbable, retuiteando, leaving, fantastic, absolutely, kurwa, hella, ridic, underpass, hate, interlude, plush and 2369 more... -
gcherches's Words
serendipity, roadrunner, inner child, coagulant, esquire, vicissitude, idiot savant, mitigation, affirmation, affirmative, diatribe, affirmative action and 185 more...
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Name-Calling for Fun and Profit
I figured out the thing all these terms have in common, besides that they can be used as insults. They all crack me up.
drip, yahoo, dweeb, nimrod, wanker, nincompoop, weasel, skank, fussbudget, dink, twit, guttersnipe and 125 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 323 more...
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Rita's List of Words
preliminary, rudimentary, stance, conduit, locale, implicit, vicissitude, empirical, repository, apophthegm, apothegm, invariable and 431 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 436 more...
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List.001
New word list
imperative, republic, subtle, Androgynous, licentious, auspices, avengeance, cabal, sibilant, Entropy, caduceus, ludicrous, and 170 more...
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thou varlet!
insults that roll trippingly off the tongue
varlet, addlepated, knucklehead, schmuck, ignoramus, bedlamite, nincompoop, nitwit, knave, bungler, blockhead, galoot and 91 more...
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Nicknames for My Dogs
They have perfectly suitable doggy names. We just call them other things sometimes.
el pero negro, jerk, frankenpuppy, galumphing idiot, wankerdog, boss dog, weiner dog, miss lugubrious, bitch, who's-a-goo'-boy, who's-a-goo'-girl, freak and 29 more...
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Informal
canary, wishy-washy, brummie, veep, kludge, beaut, moniker, humongous, tushie, ponce, Chinaman, cocky and 44 more...
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Way Less Than A Genius
...but way smarter than asphalt ;)
doofus, dope, dunce, dork, dingaling, idiot, fool, dodo, bonehead, futz, retard, ditz and 35 more...
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fun to bandy about
incongruous, fossick, innuendo, ennui, bloviate, brobdingnagian, botch, vamoose, quibble, foible, insouciant, smirk and 65 more...
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encountered within web
facsimile, gonzo, verisimilitude, wiener, misogynistic, dilapidated, famish, consensual, unbeknownst, fling, philander, financial stake and 10 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for doofus.
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