Goofy
proper nounattested in dialogue
A cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company: a tall, slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.
proper noun
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A cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company: a tall, slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.
You’d watch him tip a plate of spaghetti towards the floor, tipping it and tipping it, and you’d think — “Surely he’s going to tip it back the other way soon.” But no. It’d slide off and hit the carpet and his shoes. Plop. His eyes would go wide, and then after a pause, he’d chuckle just like Goofy.
“Fine.” She looked me in the eyes. “I’m a natural disaster. I am the opposite of graceful and I can’t even point to a stop sign without stumbling. The reason I kept failing is because I’m clumsier than Goofy.”
My name is Carlene and I am totally uncool. […] I had braces for two years and my left front tooth still sticks out farther than my right. When I laugh, I actually “guffaw” just like Goofy.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Goofy.
Etymology
From goofy.
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