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

[Jonathan Lighter]

As "blunder, error" (attrib. here):

1938 Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Aug. 20) 14: Going to the opposite extreme,
the honor for the outstanding 'goof-off' play goes to Mike Bakalar,
Honolulu second baseman.

A military ball-team.

JL

On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 10:18 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OED seems to have been unimpressed by the data in HDAS, which Fred's
> cybersearch helpfully antedates from the same service magazine.
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> JL
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> On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> Fred Shapiro
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