Boomy vs Boofy - What's the difference?
boomy | boofy |
Characterized by heavy bass sounds.
* 1999 , Jon Chappell, The Recording Guitarist: A Guide for Home and Studio ,
* 2007 , Gary Gottlieb, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond: Audio Aesthetics and Technology ,
* {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 26, author=Allan Kozinn, title=In Precise Movements, a Russian Sense of Drama, work=New York Times
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Of or pertaining to a financial boom, resources boom, baby boom, etc.
* Rudyard Kipling, quoted in 1992 , John William Reps, The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States ,
* 1903 , Mining Magazine: An International Monthly Review of Current Progress in Mining and Metallurgy , Volume 7,
* 1979 , Business Week , Issues 2592-2600,
(Australia, colloquial) Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
* 2004 , Margaret Simons, Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders ,
* 2005 , John Harms, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story ,
* 2010 , James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story ,
(en) (Australia, colloquial) Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.
* 2006 , Judy Hardy-Holden, Love in the Afternoon ,
* 2011 , Dave Graney, 1001 Australian Nights: A Memoir ,
* 2011 , John Sullivan, Firebug ,
As adjectives the difference between boomy and boofy
is that boomy is characterized by heavy bass sounds while boofy is of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.boomy
English
Adjective
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- If you're miking a boomy acoustic, the proximity effect can work against you, but having it on a thin-sounding arch-top can work for you.
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- As an airliner approaches you from a long way off, the sound is first heard as rumble, and, as it get closer and then directly overhead, the sound becomes increasingly boomier .
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- Tacoma was literally staggering under a boom of the boomiest . I do not quite remember what her natural resources were supposed to be,.
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- A larger amount of capital is seeking investment than in the boomiest of boom times, yet there is no boom now.
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- Even in boomier times, the flexibility that leasing provides has become increasingly important to companies.
boofy
English
Etymology 1
From bouffant.Adjective
(er)- My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.
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- He appeared in person much as he did on television – big, boofy even when well groomed – like a version of Ginger Meggs grown up and gone into politics.
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- Steve trotted onto the field: a young footballer with a boofy , 1980s haircut.
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- I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.
Etymology 2
Possibly from or influenced by boofhead.(en)
Adjective
(er)- Dave, the big boofy''' builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big '''boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.
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- My friend Sharn has a friend in her late 50s who is very keen to maintain sexual relations with her husband, a big boofy bloke, a mechanic by trade.
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- Suddenly the carriage was full of boofy schoolboys all excitedly chesting and punching each other and stretching their limbs as they tried to sit still.
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- She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.