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goofball

[goof-bawl] / ˈgufˌbɔl /


NOUN
nerd
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The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Yet in “John Candy: A Life in Comedy,” Paul Myers makes the case that the actor, who died at 43 in 1994, was more than a good-natured goofball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Adam Sandler's much-loved goofball golfer Happy Gilmore is back on the greens for the first time in nearly three decades, so watch your heads.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

Schoenberg comes across as either self-knowing prophet or goofball.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

Trish takes Muhammad in for the first time as he steps forward to shake hands with Malcolm, pumping enthusiastically like a goofball politician.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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