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Yoof vs Doof - What's the difference?

yoof | doof |

As nouns the difference between yoof and doof

is that yoof is (british slang) youth (young person, young people or the state of being young ) while 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.

yoof

English

Noun

  • (British slang) Youth (young person, young people or the state of being young ).
  • (used as a modifier before a noun ) Of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths.

    • Quotations

    * (young people''): 1992 Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling. — ''New Musical Express , London: Holborn Publishing Group * (of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths''): 1992 As for the yoof question, yes, there was an attempt to inject a certain spring into Mr Punch's aged step. — ''Punch , London: Punch Publications Ltd * (of or relating to youth or youths; intended for youths''): 1992 And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski. — ''The Face , London: Nick Logan

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    doof

    English

    Etymology 1

    From dufus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A simpleton.

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 , page 138,
    • Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
  • * 2006 , Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture , Volume 2, page 110,
    • Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs ’ of Australian rave culture.
  • * 2007 , Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History , Volume 31, 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-doof
    See also
    * (wikipedia "doof")

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