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(US, Canada, MTE, informal) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026US

(US, Canada, MTE, informal) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.

Your little brother is a total goof.
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  • “-you should sit them down and say it. NO meds. Just you. Will try to be there if you need. It needs to happen sooner than later. 😢 you got this. You aren’t your trauma. It’s gotta be for something. You’re a goof. Ly”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “We have zero desire to have our part innrponoting and endorsing the game but that would be inevitable of watching us clear story and goof off in sidequest and dailies”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Definitely you want in coverage. I just wanted to point out the goof for ya. It's funny how the mind can fail use like that sometimes.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I mean, I could have chosen anything: Mysterious Cities of Gold, Ulysses 31, The Pink Panther, Galaxy Goof-Ups, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch, Henry's Cat, Thundercats etc, but what's the point of going for one that half of Bluesky will have posted?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Well, OK, maybe not many have gone for Galaxy Goof-Ups”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026US

(US, informal) A mistake or error.

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  • “Same experience with this menace. Lovable goof, but a damn expensive one.”

  • “Classic stuff isn't it. I've never noticed that particular goof, even though I've literally just finished watching it again! 😆”

I made a goof in that last calculation.
Origin: Perhaps from dialectal English foolish clown, from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from , possibly from , base; wanton; lewd, buffoonery; scurrility, gaffetung, buffoonery; mockery. Compare English dialectal lightheaded; foolish; giddy, Scots gaff, to talk loudly; babble, Scots a loud laugh. Alternatively, perhaps from . Compare also ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Just work, NEET! Don't goof off! Show up on those who look down on ya someday!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “One goof desperately tries to get voters, and two thousand years of Western thought is upended… …Good job, Kierkegaard. 🙄🤦‍♂️”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Incredibly valid! This is why I'm grateful that *cooperative* multiplayer has gotten as popular as it has. I mean, even with that you get the odd sweatlord, but for the most part, even if you're a goof, everyone's chill.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Classic stuff isn't it. I've never noticed that particular goof, even though I've literally just finished watching it again! 😆”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Same experience with this menace. Lovable goof, but a damn expensive one.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026US

(Canada, prison slang) A rapist.

I made a goof in that last calculation.
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