Foofiest vs Boofiest - What's the difference?
foofiest | boofiest |
(slang) (foofy)
(slang) Excessively frilly or frou-frou, typically in a manner calculated to attract attention to an otherwise unremarkable person or event.
(slang) Poofy; inflated in a funny way.
(slang) Big and fluffy.
(boofy)
(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 foofiest and boofiest
is that foofiest is superlative of foofy while boofiest is superlative of boofy.foofiest
English
Adjective
(head)foofy
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Adjective
(er)Quotations
* 2001. Meg Cabot. The Princess Diaries , HarperCollins, page 107: *: I had to sit down on one of the pink foofy chairs before I fell down.References
*foofy'', in ''Cat Dictionary . * Reuter, Donald F. (2006) Gay-2-Zee: A Dictionary of Sex, Subtext, and the Sublime , page 79.[http://books.google.com/books?id=7FpPbfVRm3MC&pg=PA79&dq=foofy&ei=mbIGSMekOYjgsQOmlOTiCg&sig=_bNDu1QknrnIr-yF4HHUpCnpSMU] English blends
boofiest
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Adjective
(head)boofy
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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.
page 81,
- 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.
page 72,
- She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.
