doofusとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Pseudo-Latinism, possibly an alteration of earlier goofus (first attested in the 1920s) due to influence from Scots doof (“simpleton”). Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”, with a secondary sense of “idiotic, stupid”). The Low German word is cognate with English deaf. By surface analysis, doof +‎ Latin -us.

Some have proposed that dupe possibly played some kind of role in the development of doofus as well.

発音

• IPA: /ˈduːfəs/
• 韻: -uːfəs

名詞

doofus (plural doofuses or doofi)

1. (slang, derogatory, sometimes affectionately, humorous) A person with poor judgment and taste; a foolish or silly person.

   Synonym: dingus

   Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News

   Danny is such a doofus!

   • 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:

     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.

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

     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.

   • 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.

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

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

   • 2014, G. Richard Bozarth, Bible Tales for Ages 18 and Up‎, page 219:

     "No problem. You get a bimbo babe who's engaged to a doofus who will fall for the virgin birth line and still marry her. […] However, I don't think a doofus fiancé will be hard to find; there's no shortage of doofuses on the earth."

同意語

• (person with poor judgement and taste): boob, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, oaf

関連する語

• doof
• doofy