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Goofy

UK/ˈɡuːfi/ US/ˈɡufi/ fairly common informal us
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

adjective

1.

pungent adjectives of disesteem

  • “gave me a cockamamie reason for not going”
  • “wore a goofy hat”
  • “a silly idea”
  • “some wacky plan for selling more books”
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Origin

From Goofy, the name of a Walt Disney cartoon character in the form of an anthropomorphic dog, from goofy (adjective): see etymology 1. Etymology 2, adjective sense 1 (“having crooked, especially protruding, front teeth”) refers the character’s buckteeth, while etymology 2, adjective sense 2 (“riding with one’s right foot forward”) and the corresponding adverb and noun senses refer to the character being depicted surfing in that manner in the cartoon Hawaiian Holiday (1937).

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