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Wally vs Doofus - What's the difference?

wally | doofus |

As nouns the difference between wally and doofus

is that wally is a fool while doofus is (slang) a person with poor judgment and taste.

As a verb wally

is alternate pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value.

wally

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.
  • * 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Mother, Missing . Harper Perennial. page 108:
    • "'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'."
    "Well. 'Wally'."
    I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally " was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name.

    Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names

    doofus

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dufus

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) A person with poor judgment and taste
    • Stocks Genius or Dot-Com Doofus? – Wired News
    Danny is such a doofus!

    Synonyms

    * (person with poor judgement and taste ): boob, dolt, blockhead, lowbrow, oaf