Doof vs Loof - What's the difference?
doof | loof |
(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,
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
(nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
(nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
(Webster 1913)
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As nouns the difference between doof and loof
is that doof is a simpleton while loof is the palm of the hand.doof
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.