goof

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Sometimes we goof, and then we publish corrections.

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  1. noun An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
  2. noun A careless mistake; a slip.
  3. intransitive verb To make a silly mistake; blunder: goofed up by turning right instead of left.
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  • His expression asked what kind of a goof was this Monk Mayfair, but he didn't put it in words Monk examined Square intently and seemed to be debating how easily one of Square's arms would come off if he should grasp it firmly. —  147 - Rock Sinister
  • Hmmm. Then Roeper must think The New York Times is a "goof," too? —  Stop The ACLU
  • "If a secretary of state could kill gubernatorial appointments merely because a governor is an unpopular goof, there would be no end to it." —  Google News - Top Stories
  • The mixer goof is hist'ry now, those mem'ries hopped a bus —  Latest amIright Song Parodies
  • As a goof, about five minutes later I googled the name, and Holy Web Traffic, Batman! there was my post at the top of the results. —  Valhalla Island
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goof:   goofed ·  goofing
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  1. Possibly alteration of dialectal goff, fool, from obsolete French goffe, stupid.
 

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