Etymology

boofy

B3O1O1F4Y4

Today it means: Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant. Full definition →

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boofy · adjective1

From bouffant + -y.

boofy · adjective2

Apparently from first element of boofhead + -y. First recorded in the 1990s.

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