doofus

plural doofuses · plural doofi · alternative dufus

1. derogatoryhumorousslangsometimes affectionatelyA person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

   Danny is such a doofus!

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   Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

   Nichols had called Bonilla a doofus who was too damn stupid to realize that he was being taken by a hooker with a convincing sob story. Even if Steve was a doofus, Nichols and Rand were quite willing to work for him as long as he had money.

   1998, Ann Rule, “In the Name of Love”, in In the Name of Love and Other True Cases: Ann Rule's Crime Files Volume 4, page 185

   They weren't excited about acquiring new information; they were relieved to find out they aren't the only doofuses (or maybe the word is "doofi") in the world of rusty machinery.

   2000, Roger L. Welsch, Love, Sex and Tractors, page 16

   2005 October 17, Kevin Amorin, Mewsday, quoted in 2007, Troth Wells, T-Shirt, page 14, Being too young to attend a show on Bowie's 1983 Serious Moonlight tour, I did what any underage doofus would do. I bought a concert T-shirt – three-quarter-length blue sleeves, image of Major Tom himself on the front.

   "I never seen so many doofuses in one place!" "That's doofi, Krakauer. Sorry to correct you."

   2009, B. K. Holway, When Jack Was with Us, page 115

   Synonyms: dingus, boob, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, oaf