boofy

comparative boofier · superlative boofiest

1. AustraliacolloquialOf hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.

   My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.

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   He appeared in person much as he did on television – big, boofy even when well groomed – like a version of Ginger Meggs grown up and gone into politics.

   2004, Margaret Simons, Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders, page 38

   Steve trotted onto the field: a young footballer with a boofy, 1980s haircut.

   2005, John Harms, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story, page 81

   I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.

   2010, James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story, unnumbered page

comparative boofier · superlative boofiest

1. AustraliacolloquialBrawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.

   Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.

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   My friend Sharn has a friend in her late 50s who is very keen to maintain sexual relations with her husband, a big boofy bloke, a mechanic by trade.

   2006, Judy Hardy-Holden, Love in the Afternoon, page 58

   Suddenly the carriage was full of boofy schoolboys all excitedly chesting and punching each other and stretching their limbs as they tried to sit still.

   2011, Dave Graney, 1001 Australian Nights: A Memoir, page 116

   She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.

   2011, John Sullivan, Firebug, page 72