GOOFY

What Does Goofy Mean in a Text?

The Quick Answer

The slang term "goofy" has a few different meanings depending on the context, but it generally refers to someone or something that is silly, foolish, or awkward.

More Details

Disney’s Goofy (the cartoon dog, introduced in the 1930s) helped popularize the term as meaning silly or clumsy. However, during during the 2000s-2010s, it took on more specific connotations of social inappropriateness and gained widespread popularity through social media, particularly on platforms like Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram. It is now often used to refer to something or someone in a negative way, implying that they are strange or weird, or behaving in a way that is socially inappropriate or shows poor judgment. For example:

• "The president is so goofy, when he did an IQ test, the results came back negative."
• "He's so goofy, he must've gotten into the gene pool when the lifeguard wasn't looking."
• "That was a goofy thing that Bill said at the funeral. I definitely don't want to see him at mine."

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Goofy is not always used in an amusing or affectionate manner.

Summary of Key Points

Goofy
Definition:	Silly, Foolish, or Awkward
Type:	Word
Guessability:	1: Easy to guess
Typical Users:	Adults, Teenagers, and Under 13s

An Academic Look at Goofy

Example of Goofy Used in a Text

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