[Ads-l] "Goof-Off" (Noun) Not in OED

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED seems to have been unimpressed by the data in HDAS, which Fred's
cybersearch helpfully antedates from the same service magazine.


JL

On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> goof-off, n. (not in OED)
>
> 1943 Yank 27 Jan. 18  It burns me to have that bunch of goof-offs say
> they're rugged.
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> Fred Shapiro
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