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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
that typo is one of the text's rare goofs
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as in idiot
a stupid person
leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip
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Recent Examples of goof
As a team, their music was collage and loops and goofs and earnestness.
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Joe Gross, SPIN, 28 June 2024
At first, Drew set out to remix Todd Phillips’s Joker as a stir-crazy lockdown goof and a spoof.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Looking back decades later with the Detroit Free Press, Kramer described it as a surrealistic goof.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
There was no real support to guide me about the fine line between being a goof in comedy and what's stereotypical and what's offensive now.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 May 2024
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Joe Gross, SPIN, 28 June 2024
At first, Drew set out to remix Todd Phillips’s Joker as a stir-crazy lockdown goof and a spoof.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
Looking back decades later with the Detroit Free Press, Kramer described it as a surrealistic goof.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
There was no real support to guide me about the fine line between being a goof in comedy and what's stereotypical and what's offensive now.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goof
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The Sharks scored first at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t overcome their mistakes in the latter half of the second, allowing three unanswered goals in less than five minutes in a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Rangers in the third game of a four-game road trip.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Surprisingly, Danni doesn’t see it as a mistake and would kiss him again.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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The blunder not only allowed a run to score, but extended an inning that would eventually see the Dodgers erase a 5-0 deficit.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The primary issues facing this company highlighted by Jana are capital misallocation, a series of operational blunders and corporate governance failings.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent polling from the Free Press had indicated that Harris appeared to have a slight, 3-percentage-point lead on Trump in Michigan, though that was within the poll's 4-percentage-point margin of error.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.Barry Levitt, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
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The stupid!Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
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“Goof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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