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goofs

noun

plural of goof

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy that typo is one of the text's rare goofs

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as in idiots

a stupid person leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip

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Recent Examples of goofs Midland—which also includes guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson and bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy, along with a troupe of touring players—embrace the goofs. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026 Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026 These compounding goofs demand accountability and a sober reassessment of the competence of American leadership. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 And watching the Timberwolves goofs who’ve barked on social media eat their words is going to be absolutely quacktacular. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026 Between unintentionally funny goofs and allegations of affairs, the casting directors struck gold with this one. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026 One hundred fifty five days later, the Guardians have regained pole position in the AL Central, once again the result of a frenetic flash of bunts, chops and goofs that converted a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 advantage. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025

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Noun

And not all of the proofs were certified as correct by the automatic logic verification platform Lean—in fact, some have already been retracted after outside scientists found mistakes.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Programmers showed it sorting email, spotting writing mistakes and even playing games.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Noun

During the ship’s christening, reservations to the specialty dining restaurants were hard to come by due to technical issues and scheduling errors, which will hopefully be ironed out when the next group sets sail.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The researchers conducted experiments that produced distinct brainwave patterns depending on whether there was a reward prediction error, a state prediction error, or both errors simultaneously.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of errors

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There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of morons

Noun

However, due to the financial blunders of our prior ADs with Locks’ contract, getting rid of him has been almost impossible.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

Republicans see an opportunity here, portraying progressive and socialist Democrats as lunatics and communists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
While sane Americans were celebrating the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the lunatics in Portland, Oregon were cheering along as two men made out on a baseball field during a 'Heated Rivalry' theme night.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026