goofball
Example Sentences
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“He used to call me a lot… I’d see him out at clubs and at restaurants. He’s a big goofball. Well, he was. That all changed.”
From Salon
In a couple of weeks Cooper Jr.’s catch will be poorly “recreated” at Thanksgiving touch football games by out of shape goofballs like me who have no business playing any football.
By the time the teen got home, she was embracing the spud as a kind of goofball Halloween badge of honor.
Yet in “John Candy: A Life in Comedy,” Paul Myers makes the case that the actor, who died at 43 in 1994, was more than a good-natured goofball.
These affectionate goofballs, with their perfect wrinkly cheeks and jowls, will bring a tremendous amount of love into your life.
From Los Angeles Times
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