Timeline for Difference between “They are goofing” and “They are goofing off”?
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| May 24, 2020 at 22:00 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Where I live, kiamlaluno is quite right. Yes, "goofing off" is always avoiding what you're supposed to be doing but straight "goof" or "goofing" has two very different meanings. kiamlaluno's "I was goofing…" meaning "fooling…" is one, often expressed as "goofing around." tchrist's “He goofed” meaning "made a mistake" is the other, often given as "goofing up." | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 21:54 | comment | added | tchrist | Same thing, yeah. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 21:53 | comment | added | avpaderno | Isn't that goof up? | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 21:52 | history | edited | avpaderno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 17, 2013 at 21:47 | comment | added | tchrist | No, to goof is to make an error: “He goofed” means that he made a mistake. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 11:51 | history | answered | avpaderno | CC BY-SA 3.0 |