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as in mistakes
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
that typo is one of the text's rare goofs
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as in idiots
a stupid person
leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip
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Recent Examples of goofs
Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
And watching the Timberwolves goofs who’ve barked on social media eat their words is going to be absolutely quacktacular.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
Between unintentionally funny goofs and allegations of affairs, the casting directors struck gold with this one.
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Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
And watching the Timberwolves goofs who’ve barked on social media eat their words is going to be absolutely quacktacular.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
Between unintentionally funny goofs and allegations of affairs, the casting directors struck gold with this one.
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Tiffany Kelly,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage.
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Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofs
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Acknowledging and even criticizing our mistakes of the past doesn’t cheapen one’s love for the United States.
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You are allowed to make three mistakes but fail a fourth time and the game ends with the answers being revealed.
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Every fan base has idiots and every popular athlete attracts trolls.
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Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.
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Tigers rookies Hao-Yu Lee and Kevin McGonigle drove in two runs apiece after errors by third baseman José Caballero and left fielder Cody Bellinger.
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The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.
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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
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Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism.
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Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth.
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The lunatics are running the asylum.
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Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat, Michael Cera, Will Arnett and other lunatics round out the cast.
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“Goofs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofs. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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