goofus
Example Sentences
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“I think they’re cute. Not nostalgic like the traditional characters, but still cute,” wrote user u/goofus_andgallant on Reddit.
From Salon
He does so with an air of entitled smarm, as if Goofus had disguised himself as Gallant and turned to inept virtue signaling to complete the ruse.
From Slate
“On the left, Goofus does the wrong thing. On the right, Gallant does the correct thing,” Beck wrote.
From Salon
“If Goofus is rude, Gallant is polite. If Goofus lies, Gallant tells the truth.”
From Salon
“Goofus and Gallant,” Beck wrote, has guided its young readers through the etiquette of taking polite messages on the home phone all the way through to being quiet during a parent’s Zoom meeting.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
