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" I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters can entertain me, then I feel like I can deal with the darker or more serious stuff."
Adam Rapp

Meaning of "goofiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOOFINESS

ˈɡuːfɪnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOOFINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Goofiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOOFINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of goofiness in the English dictionary

The definition of goofiness in the dictionary is foolishness; silliness; stupidity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOOFINESS

bulkiness · dauphiness · dizziness · dryness · finis · friendliness · Guinness · happiness · holiness · huffiness · puffiness · readiness · scruffiness · scurfiness · sniffiness · snuffiness · spiffiness · stuffiness · timeliness · turfiness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOOFINESS

goody-goodies · goody-goody · Goodyear · gooey · gooeyness · goof · goofball · goofier · goofiest · goofily · goofy · goofy-footer · goog · Google · google-bombing · Googleganger · googlewhack · googlies · googly · googol

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOOFINESS

agribusiness · big business · business · cleanliness · cleanliness is next to godliness · core business · craziness · do the business · drowsiness · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · hairiness · laziness · loneliness · loveliness · retail business · rough-and-readiness · show business · trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of goofiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «goofiness» into 25 languages

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The translations of goofiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «goofiness» in English.
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goofiness
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Konyol
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180 millions of speakers
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goofiness
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Goofiness
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goofiness
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goofiness
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गुंडगिरी
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Goofiness
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goofiness
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goofiness
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goofiness
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Trends of use of goofiness

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about goofiness

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2 QUOTES WITH «GOOFINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word goofiness.
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Adam Rapp
I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters can entertain me, then I feel like I can deal with the darker or more serious stuff.
2
Matt Stone
Do goofy stories make people nice? What if, in their goofiness, these stories somehow inspire that in the right way. Is that a social good?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOOFINESS»

Discover the use of goofiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to goofiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Right Behind: A Parody of Last Days Goofiness
Tweaked versions of all the original characters work together in an absurd tangle of Evangelical goofiness struggling to make sense of the pathetically gnostic vision of the original story.
Nathan D. Wilson, 2001
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The Women of Faith Daily Devotional
I have an advantage in the humor department because God has blessed me with the gift of goofiness. That's how I end up in ridiculous situations like the time my pal Andy and I slipped into an invitation-only gathering at the Crystal Cathedral ...
Patsy Clairmont, Barbara Johnson, Marilyn Meberg, 2002
3
QuickBooks For Dummies
Camouflaging. some. accounting. goofiness. After you enter the customer and vendor balances into QuickBooks, you need to enter the rest of the trial Camouflaging some accounting goofiness.
Stephen L. Nelson, 2012
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Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages
The Gallery of Advertising Parody http://parody.organique.com/ ⋆⋆⋆ This site offers many different ad parodies for popular products, including Starbuck's Coffee, Prozac, and Calvin Kline. Goofiness Dot Com http://www.goofiness.com/  ...
Joe Kraynak, 2005
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Passing Performances: Queer Readings of Leading Players in ...
Elsie. Janis. -A. Comfortable. Goofiness". Lee. Alan. Morrow. There was no eulogy. Instead, four hundred middle-aged men in old and often ill-fitting military uniforms slowly marched to the flag-draped casket, saluted, and stepped outside the ...
Robert A. Schanke, Kim Marra, 1998
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The Dramatic Unity of "Huckleberry Finn"
their adult pose into childish behavior, goofiness. One function of the ending is to restore us from romance to the level of "prudential knowledge," or, in simple terms, to remind us of the consequences of sending a boy to do a man's job. Some of ...
George C. Carrington, 1976
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Cincinnati Magazine
Anast. And. Goofiness. By. Richard. Fuller. CINCI JUNE Lucy's Miss Cincinnati finalist for June is living. Rufus ffolkes (Roger Moore) is presented with three white pussycats by the British Government for saving the Empire in ffolkes. The new ...
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Inquiring Organizations: Moving from Knowledge Management to ...
Goofiness. Over time, all organizations become rigid, fall out of touch with the worlds they were constituted to serve, and behave in goofy or sometimes even criminal fashions. As time passes, every organization accumulates rigidities and  ...
James Forrest Courtney, John Digby Haynes, David B. Paradice, 2005
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Shades of Grey: A Novel
The New York Times bestseller and "a rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness" (The Washington Post) Welcome to Chromatacia, where the societal hierarchy is strictly regulated by one's limited color perception.
Jasper Fforde, 2009
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Border/lines
What's so bad about goofiness? Its spastic exuberance exceeds its own content. Goofiness is the reverse of diffidence. The goofy face is plastic and sorry it is plastic all at once. It mimics and it defers to an original face of composure it despairs ...
‎1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOOFINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term goofiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Artist-engineers put creativity on parade at Kinetic Fest - Spokesman …
And the goofiness of it all is a bonus.” That's the mindset that inspired creation of the kinetic couch. “We built it a couple of months ago, and it's ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
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Quirky Father mobilizes U Street Music Hall audience - The …
Goofiness — the resonant hallmark of Father's style — allowed him to execute it without sounding the least bit menacing. By his own design, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return to NYC! : DVD Talk Review of …
And though it's hard to complain about too much goofiness in a series that revolves around five-foot talking turtles, the roster of heroes and ... «DVD Talk, Jul 15»
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Prince Charming, In Real Life - OnTheBox.com Blog
Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) – there's a charming goofiness to Jon. Google a picture of him, you'll get it. Kumail Nanjiani - if you don't know ... «OntheBox, Jul 15»
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Jurassic Ballpark - Interactives by The Dallas Morning News
DEREK HOLLAND SnorkasaurusOn display very briefly early, he's become something of a family pet because of his goofiness. Time is getting ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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The 7 Best Stoner TV Scenes, Ranked By ... Wait, What Was I Sayin …
You've got Lily getting all deep and personal, you've got Ted struggling to listen as his mind wanders onto random goofiness, and you've got ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
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Review: 'Comedy of Errors' @ Shakespeare & Co., 7/11/15 - Blogs
The goofiness peaks in a final-scene gag that incorporates audience members to solve the puzzle of having all of the twins on stage at once. «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
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On Disney and animating democracy for kids - Hamilton Spectator
Kids want to do this? The show posits the geist of childhood — revelling in chaos, noise, mess and absurd, random goofiness — as deviant. «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
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2015 Capital Fringe Review: 'ALICE' - DCMetroTheaterArts
They awkwardly and timidly shuffled across the stage in unison displaying a bizarre and peculiar blend of twitchiness and goofiness. The two ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
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Review: "Minions" is a perfect example of too much of a good thing …
If you thought the other “Despicable Me” films were cartoony, they do not hold a candle to the goofiness of this film. The amount of jokes in ... «Oaklandpostonline, Jul 15»
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