Doof vs Doo - What's the difference?
doof | doo |
(Australia, slang) A type of music with pronounced bass typically associated with the modified car scene; doof-doof.
(Australia) An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
* 2004 , Graham St John (editor), Rave Culture and Religion ,
* 2006 , Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture , Volume 2,
* 2007 , Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History , Volume 31,
(music)
* 1995 , Phil Farrand, The Nitpicker's Guide for Next Generation Trekkers: Volume 2
* 2006 , Steve Taylor, A to X of Alternative Music (page 272)
As a noun doof
is (us|slang) a simpleton or doof can be (australia|slang) a type of music with pronounced bass typically associated with the modified car scene; doof-doof.As a verb doo is
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English
Etymology 1
From dufusEtymology 2
Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.Noun
(en noun)page 138,
- Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
page 110,
- Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs ’ of Australian rave culture.
page 76,
- The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
Derived terms
* doof-doofSee also
* (wikipedia "doof")Anagrams
* * ----doo
English
Synonyms
* BM * doo-doo * poo * poopInterjection
(en interjection)- (Ever feel like you've just entered... The Twilight Zone? Doo , doo, doo, doo, doo, doo....)
- the bloke who sang about coloured girls going 'doo de doo de doo doo d'de doo de doo de doo' had once had this thing with the guy who produced the debut albums by the Stooges and Patti Smith.