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THINK YOU’VE GOT A HANDLE ON THIS US STATE NICKNAME QUIZ?
Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.
Question 1 of 8
Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?
Origin of goof
1915–20; apparently variant of obsolete goff dolt <Middle French goffe awkward, stupid
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British Dictionary definitions for goof
goof
/ (ɡuːf) informal /
noun
a foolish error or mistake
a stupid person
verb
to bungle (something); botch
(intr; often foll by about or around) to fool (around); mess (about)
(tr) to dope with drugs
(intr often foll by off) US and Canadian to waste time; idle
Word Origin for goof
C20: probably from (dialect) goff simpleton, from Old French goffe clumsy, from Italian goffo, of obscure origin
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