Goofy
See also: goofy
English
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Etymology
[edit]From goofy.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Goofy
- A cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company: a tall, slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.
- Synonym: Goof
- 1994, John Birmingham, He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Potts Point, N.S.W.: Duffy & Snellgrove, published 1997, →ISBN, page 17:
- You’d watch him tip a plate of spaghetti towards the floor, tipping it and tipping it, and you’d think — “Surely he’s going to tip it back the other way soon.” But no. It’d slide off and hit the carpet and his shoes. Plop. His eyes would go wide, and then after a pause, he’d chuckle just like Goofy.
- 2008 May, Elizadeth Hetherington, Nature of the Daughters, Fond du Lac, Wis.: Chrome Publications, →ISBN, page 165:
- “Fine.” She looked me in the eyes. “I’m a natural disaster. I am the opposite of graceful and I can’t even point to a stop sign without stumbling. The reason I kept failing is because I’m clumsier than Goofy.”
- 2010, Carlene, “The Unrelenting Optimist”, in Marjorie Ryerson, editor, The Journey of Healing: Wisdom From Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Literary Anthology, Brandon, Vt.: The Safer Society Press, →ISBN, pages 174–175:
- My name is Carlene and I am totally uncool. […] I had braces for two years and my left front tooth still sticks out farther than my right. When I laugh, I actually “guffaw” just like Goofy.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Goofy.
Translations
[edit]Disney character
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