Definitions

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  • noun uncountable The state of being goofy
  • noun uncountable Goofy behaviour
  • noun countable The result or product of being goofy

Etymologies

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From goofy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • And she hopes that goofiness translates into big success for her new show.

    Paula Abdul: 'I've Never Been Drunk In My Life' Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • And she hopes that goofiness translates into big success for her new show.

    Paula Abdul: 'I've Never Been Drunk In My Life' Jordan Zakarin 2011

  • If the Water Bureau has sufficient resources to engage in goofiness, I take it as evidence that water rates are too high.

    Eat what you kill -- but at City Hall? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • If you're a Bostonian, and you've never been to a Pan9 show, you've been missing out — imagine a bunch of experimental music, experimental rock music, not-so-experimental rock music, and just plain goofiness all thrown onto the same program, being performed in a big old loft with an atmosphere that's half exotic-bohemian and half good-vibe house party, and you'll start to get the idea.

    There you see the young and old, twisting the night away Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • If you're a Bostonian, and you've never been to a Pan9 show, you've been missing out — imagine a bunch of experimental music, experimental rock music, not-so-experimental rock music, and just plain goofiness all thrown onto the same program, being performed in a big old loft with an atmosphere that's half exotic-bohemian and half good-vibe house party, and you'll start to get the idea.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Sticker Nation, the new Disinformation book on Srini Kumar's radical sticker-ganda goofiness, is reviewed here.

    Boing Boing: July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006 Archives 2006

  • But the professors understood that behind the goofiness was a formidable mathematical mind.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Whether it's easier for viewers to follow this film in English, Urdu, or Hindi, I doubt anyone will be able to resist this film's rag-tag goofiness or the enthusiasm with which the local populace follows Superman's latest exploits.

    George Heymont: Superman, We Hardly Knew Ye! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

  • Whether it's easier for viewers to follow this film in English, Urdu, or Hindi, I doubt anyone will be able to resist this film's rag-tag goofiness or the enthusiasm with which the local populace follows Superman's latest exploits.

    George Heymont: Superman, We Hardly Knew Ye! (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2010

  • But the professors understood that behind the goofiness was a formidable mathematical mind.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

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