goofball
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Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The French have given us Delacroix, Debussy, Claire Denis and Simone de Beauvoir, along with some of the goofiest of goofball comedies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
From what we see of Scotty in flashbacks, he was a buoyant blond goofball — exactly the kind of guy that the apparently friendless and family-less Kenna would have clung to like a life preserver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Skeet was an extrovert, a goofball, a practical joker.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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