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goofs

noun

plural of goof

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy that typo is one of the text's rare goofs

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as in idiots

a stupid person leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip

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Recent Examples of goofs Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026 These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership. — 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. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026 One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofs

Noun

Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Sellers can edit any mistakes before an auction begins, and those corrections are used to further improve future AI models.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Noun

By using a mathematical technique to reduce the precision of some data, the researchers brought that figure down to 51 watts without compromising the system’s ability to detect dangerous computational errors.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
According to Bergh, part of the issue is that many state agencies are struggling with staffing pressures and paperwork backlogs, especially amid efforts to prevent errors on food aid applications and avoid new federal penalties.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of errors

Noun

There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of morons

Noun

In 2026, Mattel is doubling down and averting any PR blunders with a Holiday Barbie that, by all accounts, looks genuinely gorgeous.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Among the blunders of the first round was to turn Iran from a pariah state into a sympathetic one.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
The lunatics are running the asylum.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026