1
as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
that typo is one of the text's rare goofs
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2
as in idiot
a stupid person
leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip
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Recent Examples of goof
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
Lee’s heartbreaking drama somehow lost best picture to Crash, which is regularly cited as one of the biggest goofs by Academy voters this century.
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Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
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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.
—
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
Lee’s heartbreaking drama somehow lost best picture to Crash, which is regularly cited as one of the biggest goofs by Academy voters this century.
—
Jordan Hoffman,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goof
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That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.
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Will this turn into a tragic mistake Daemon soon regrets?
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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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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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has also fallen foul of Germany’s World Cup elimination by Paraguay, after stumbling into a social media debacle following a communications blunder.
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
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Third baseman Ryan McMahon also committed a throwing error, New York's 19th in its last 14 games.
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England is hoping karma is on its side after a famous goal-scoring error sealed a World Cup loss to Argentina 40 years ago at Azteca Stadium.
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Being a gent or a supplicant wasn’t the same as being a fool, though.
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Don’t let the simple style fool you, though, because the ultra-soft foam insoles provide solid arch support.
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“Goof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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