Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Silly; ridiculous: a goofy hat.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. foolish and silly, or appearing silly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- adj. ludicrous, foolish
Etymologies
- goof + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“One used the word goofy to describe him.88 Some thought of him as a lightweight who had not mastered foreign policy.”
“I've taken enough dance lessons to expect familiar songs in goofy, step-specific cover versions.”
“He described the central conflict of ToonTown Online: battle corporate goons in goofy ways, like throwing cream pies.”
“Nevermind that the Women of America continue to permit clothing makers to size trousers in goofy ways that have nada to do with the variety of actual body shapes we come in.”
“When you start throwing in goofy aliens with weird “powers” (or Chicago mobsters, or Nazis, or mutants, or ….) you are starting to get awfully close to reskinning fantasy in space.”
“If you are calling yourself goofy ( "as his latest losing streak helps distract the truly goofy from the issues") then I am sorry.”
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“You guys need to keep Timmy Boy up front and center, as his latest losing streak helps distract the truly goofy from the issues.”
Sound Politics: Dismantling your constitutional rights, one step at a time
“On the other hand, Mickelson flopped in goofy "What Will Phil Do Next?" commercials for Ford; plus, he struggled on the course.”
“There will be political fools and satirical fools and just plain goofy fools.”
“Listen thats just plain goofy - Time travelling Nazi martians.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘goofy’.
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POL - presidential debates
Some of the catchwords of several presidential debates (Obama-Romney 2012 Denver debate's transcript fully included)
preexist, crosstalk, figure skate, preexisting, spending cut, preconceive, zinger, excruciate, ask over, miniaturize, food stamp, Medicare and 150 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Bonkers
List for old and new terms and phrases meaning crazy, nuts, batty, prone to extreme nervousness, etc.
bonkers, crazy, nuts, batty, batchy, bats in the belfry, scatty, crackers, windy, gone crackers, cracked, dingo and 92 more...
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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 274 more... -
Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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It's a Small World After All
Things you see at Walt Disney World
mickey mouse, cinderella castle, kids, families, pirates of the ca..., main street usa, fireworks, pluto, goofy, flip flops, cameras, sunburn and 16 more...
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Unfortunate Nicknames
spanky, goofy, dopey, grimey, lumpy, pookie, lil' butt, wifey wifey, tootsie, poopsie, heyyouthere!, stinky
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Chap stickies
Words associated with Chappism.
chap, brideshead revisited, jeeves, woosterian, rough shag, spigot, anarcho-dandyism, chumrade, chapette, wing-backed armchair, snood, boogie-woogie and 26 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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kingrat47's Words
procrustean, devolution, cacophony, hippopotamus, crunch, beware, chortled, sibilant, subtle, undermine, acromegaly, acropolis and 645 more...
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Nullologue
nullologue, vaudeville, debauchery, debauched, libertine, nothing, dhadak, tz pf, nothingology, goodbyeology, sharmuta, manifesto and 866 more...
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hauntedtapedeck's Words
hinterland, palimpsest, palisade, thaumaturgy, sangfroid, frisson, crick, patchwork, susurration, disconsolate, septum, elbow and 119 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
Tweets
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Prolagus
(Perfection as a hipster, by God Help the Girl) Jan 5, 2010
bilby I've also heard goofy-foot for a left-footer. Aug 29, 2008
frindley Also an adverb, as in "to mouse goofy", which is where a right-handed person mouses with her left hand (but not necessarily switching the buttons, so a left-click is still a left-click). Aug 28, 2008
oroboros Aaah huulk! One of the funniest cartoon sequences I can ever remember seeing is Mickey, Goofy and the whole gang playing a baseball game. If I remember it correctly, Goofy gets a base hit and while running the bases, each somehow sticks to his foot. Meanwhile the ball has become unraveled and the fielder (Donald Duck?) is chasing him with a huge mess of string. It all culminates at home plate, but I was laughing so hard I can't remember whether he was safe or out! Sep 14, 2007