daft
(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad.
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In the "just because you're smart, doesn't mean you're not prone to manipulation" sense, being a big brain smarty pants doesn't protect you from AI leading you down a daft path.
it's not absurd either, it's 1 potential tactical route 2 unite the left who are splintered thanks to McSweeney's daft tactics of punching the hippies even tho some of them weren't/aren't even hippies
Catching up on the Met Gala entrances. Katy Perry was out there looking like a member of Daft Punk with her Cobra Commander helmet.
lvp… you cannot be this daft. eileen brought this story up HERSELF… you were bringing up the “cheating” at a party out of ur own volition. the two are not the same
I meant the power station ya daft bugger!🤣 I thought all the coal fired ones had been closed down, I used to drive past them on the 62 !
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(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Crazy, insane, mad.
Thou art the daftest fuill that ever I saw. / [[trow
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(obsolete) Gentle, meek, mild.
“it's not absurd either, it's 1 potential tactical route 2 unite the left who are splintered thanks to McSweeney's daft tactics of punching the hippies even tho some of them weren't/aren't even hippies”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(chiefly, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Foolish, silly, stupid.
“In the "just because you're smart, doesn't mean you're not prone to manipulation" sense, being a big brain smarty pants doesn't protect you from AI leading you down a daft path.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Catching up on the Met Gala entrances. Katy Perry was out there looking like a member of Daft Punk with her Cobra Commander helmet.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“lvp… you cannot be this daft. eileen brought this story up HERSELF… you were bringing up the “cheating” at a party out of ur own volition. the two are not the same”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I meant the power station ya daft bugger!🤣 I thought all the coal fired ones had been closed down, I used to drive past them on the 62 !”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I wish I was home tonight . Struggled a bit with all of this . I dunno why really . Daft”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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- daftlike80%
(UK, regional) Daft; foolish.
- daftlike77%
A British regional adjective meaning foolish-looking or behaving in a silly, daft manner. It combines the beloved Northern and Scottish term "daft" (meaning stupid, silly, or crazy in a harmless way) with the "-like" suffix common in regional dialects. If something seems daftlike, it's not quite all there — a bit ridiculous, a bit ill-thought-out, a bit gormless. It's never particularly harsh; more affectionately exasperated than genuinely scathing.
- dafty75%
(Scotland, Northern England) A daft person.