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  • noun Plural form of oaf.

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Examples

  • If you want your guys to look like racist oafs, that is up to you.

    “Tar Baby” Isn’t Racist. And It Is. « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009

  • REPORT: Jeremy Clarkson against female Top Gear host, calls audience members 'oafs'

    Joystiq 2009

  • REPORT: Jeremy Clarkson against female Top Gear host, calls audience members 'oafs'

    WoW.com 2009

  • He rails against political correctness and health and safety regulations, and earlier this summer was accused of calling Gordon Brown "a cunt" in unbroadcast comments to his Top Gear audience, whom he has also referred to as "oafs".

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • If those two self-important blowhards Limbaugh and Beck are the most influential conservatives in the country, Democrats can rest easy knowing that Republicans are happily swallowing whatever pablum these two oafs are spoon-feeding the righties who don't want to actually think for themselves.

    Poll: Limbaugh most influential conservative, say Americans 2009

  • When Beck can tell outright lies and not be prosecuted, one simply wants to spit venom at him and the backward oafs who listen and believe.

    Obama calls for civil debate, takes shots at critics 2010

  • We see no reason to render either reward or penalty for your choice of cocktails over cat's piss, but we see every reason to render you the courtesy and dignity of making your choice according to your taste, to render you explicit respect in outright denial of the self-righteous judgement of moralistic oafs.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009

  • We see no reason to render either reward or penalty for your choice of cocktails over cat's piss, but we see every reason to render you the courtesy and dignity of making your choice according to your taste, to render you explicit respect in outright denial of the self-righteous judgement of moralistic oafs.

    Outer Alliance Pride Day Hal Duncan 2009

  • But the typical athlete of today is an overgrown freak show -- think J. Gimelstob or J. Isner -- and, let's be clear, these hulking oafs must be vanquished.

    A breakfast treat 2009

  • Frankly, what he suggests is what repugs have been doing – you know, acting like coarse oafs, with little regard for decorum, disrespectful bigots, racists, petulant, stubborn, tantrum-throwing bullies and otherwise repulsive individuals.

    Think Progress » Cantor backtracks on his bluff, says he’ll show up to health care meeting with Obama. 2010

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