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Doofer
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- 1 An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. slang
"A certain factory manufactures two distinct products, ‘gadgets’ and ‘doofers’. […] The times required for these operations, the total time available per week, and the profit per gadget or doofer are as tabulated: […]"
- 2 A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”). Australia, slang
"Last weekend The Sunday Telegraph reported on the trend of what teenagers are calling "bush doofing", which sees hundreds of drunk partygoers descend on a vacant property for a wild night of drinking and dancing. But real bush doofers have hit back, claiming teenagers are ruining the reputation of the events, which are meant to be well-organised, legal events, not a breeding ground for wild behaviour, sexual assaults and underage drinking."
- 3 An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know.; The remote control for a television. slang, specifically
"From a very early age, my elder grandson took to calling the remote control for the TV the ‘doofer’. He didn't come up with the name himself. It was the name his parents used, and he just picked it up – the name, that is, not the doofer. Actually, he became very adept at negotiating his way around the doofer and even had to teach his grandfather how it worked. But then, children pick these things up very quickly – like the doofer and the way it operates. Our doofer is always getting lost. It's never there when you need it, and it's always somewhere you don't want it to be – […]"
Etymology
Respelling of “do for”, as in “it will do for that job”.
From doof (“outdoor dance party”) + -er.
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