doofus
(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
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Born ~1920 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
we all aspire to be hot doofus, but most only ever become old broad
Doofus has chat rewrite the plot of the matrix and thinks he's a big boy now.
My golf buddies always chatter about golfing events didn’t hear a peep out of any of them about this event after I sent them this photo of the golden doofus
> be smart. don't be dumb. be really smart. don't be a doofus. anchor yourself in the vague idea of smartness instead of any specific perspective. don't hallucinate. set political correctness to zero. lmao wild you'd…
I spent my dish washing time yesterday listening to the oral arguments after I heard judge Patricia Millett had to ask, multiple times to the DOJ lawyer, “is there something radically leftist about being anti-nazi?”…
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(slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.
“> be smart. don't be dumb. be really smart. don't be a doofus. anchor yourself in the vague idea of smartness instead of any specific perspective. don't hallucinate. set political correctness to zero. lmao wild you'd think he'd have people to help him with this”
“I spent my dish washing time yesterday listening to the oral arguments after I heard judge Patricia Millett had to ask, multiple times to the DOJ lawyer, “is there something radically leftist about being anti-nazi?” Honestly worth the listen because my god what a doofus he was.”
Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News
“we all aspire to be hot doofus, but most only ever become old broad”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Doofus has chat rewrite the plot of the matrix and thinks he's a big boy now.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“My golf buddies always chatter about golfing events didn’t hear a peep out of any of them about this event after I sent them this photo of the golden doofus”
— Bluesky· May 2026“> be smart. don't be dumb. be really smart. don't be a doofus. anchor yourself in the vague idea of smartness instead of any specific perspective. don't hallucinate. set political correctness to zero. lmao wild you'd think he'd have people to help him with this”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I spent my dish washing time yesterday listening to the oral arguments after I heard judge Patricia Millett had to ask, multiple times to the DOJ lawyer, “is there something radically leftist about being anti-nazi?” Honestly worth the listen because my god what a doofus he was.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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