Oaf vs Drongo - What's the difference?

Oaf is a related term of drongo.

As nouns the difference between oaf and drongo

is that oaf is (obsolete) an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child while drongo is any bird of the family dicruridae or drongo can be (australia|new zealand|slang|pejorative) a fool, an idiot.

oaf

English

Alternative forms

* auf

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

(pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.

Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf !

Synonyms

* (clumsy or idiotic person ): dummy, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron, fool

Derived terms

* oafish

References

Anagrams

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drongo

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia drongo)

Alternative forms

* drongoe

Noun

(en noun)

Any bird of the family Dicruridae.

Derived terms

* drongo cuckoo

Etymology 2

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo'', apparently after the bird (specifically, after the '''', ''Dicrurus bracteatus''). The horse (foaled 1921, retired 1925) ran poorly, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo."''Drongo''", entry in 1970 , Bill Wannan, ''Australian Folklore , Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979, ISBN 0-7018-1309-1, page 200. * Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo'' (''a recruit''), similarly after the bird."''drongo''", entry in 2007 , Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, ''The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , page 120. * Another suggested derivation is the (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) A fool, an idiot.

* 2010 , Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales , page 191,

In another story, the drongo' is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The '''drongo''' agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the ' drongo , ‘there?s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there?ll be enough to work two of them.’

* 2010 , John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business , unnumbered page,

One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.