English

Alternative forms

• dufus

Noun

doofus ‎(plural doofuses or doofi)

1. (slang) A person with poor judgment and taste.

   Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

   Danny is such a doofus!

   • 1998, Ann Rule, In the Name of Love, in In the Name of Love and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4, page 185,

     Nichols had called Bonilla a doofus who was too damn stupid to realize that he was being taken by a hooker with a convincing sob story.

     Even if Steve was a doofus, Nichols and Rand were quite willing to work for him as long as he had money.

   • 2000, Roger L. Welsch, Love, Sex and Tractors, page 16,

     They weren't excited about acquiring new information; they were relieved to find out they aren't the only doofuses (or maybe the word is "doofi") in the world of rusty machinery.

   • 2005 October 17, Kevin Amorin, Mewsday, quoted in 2007, Troth Wells, T-Shirt, page 14,

     Being too young to attend a show on Bowie's 1983 Serious Moonlight tour, I did what any underage doofus would do. I bought a concert T-shirt – three-quarter-length blue sleeves, image of Major Tom himself on the front.

   • 2009, B. K. Holway, When Jack Was with Us, page 115,

     "I never seen so many doofuses in one place!"

     "That's doofi, Krakauer. Sorry to correct you."

   • 2014, G. Richard Bozarth, Bible Tales for Ages 18 and Up, page 219,

     "No problem. You get a bimbo babe who's engaged to a doofus who will fall for the virgin birth line and still marry her. […] However, I don't think a doofus fiancé will be hard to find; there's no shortage of doofuses on the earth."

Synonyms

• (person with poor judgement and taste): boob, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, oaf

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