Don't be such a doofus. I don't want to be partnered on the project with that doofus.
Recent Examples on the WebJohnny is a very funny, very thrilling combination of playful writing and a canny performance of doofus-tude. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Calvin, a doofus with inappropriate intentions, has an old friend—a hedge-fund manager, Ivy League alumnus and, presumably, a donor—through whom Calvin can place one student a year at Honor’s would-be alma mater. John Anderson, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Be the doofus who tries skateboarding for the first time at age 53. Joseph Goodman, al, 17 June 2022 Extending their doofus-and-diva act to the classrooms, corridors, and teachers’ lounge transfers their personal careerism into a facetious representation of a major social institution. Armond White, National Review, 13 Apr. 2022 To a pint-sized doofus like myself, this was by far the coolest thing imaginable. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2022 But Dupieux has always created mini-universes in which his deadpan-doofus characters can pinball about obeying the laws of a physics not quite the same as ours, so in many ways, the restrictions don’t seem to have restricted him that much. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022 As Irons plays him, at least until the movie’s swerving finale, this PM is a likable doofus, certain that any problem can be solved with a handshake and a cup of tea. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Jan. 2022 When Marcia asks him to go back to her home and fetch Logan’s PJs and slippers — a favor mostly orchestrated to get this weird doofus out of her orbit for a while — Greg doesn’t have the money to pay cab fare. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2021 See More