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Retroterm of the Day: Doofus.

May 4, 2009 //  by David Keyes

In 1958 a new character was introduced to the comic strip Popeye: a dimwitted nephew of the sailor man named “Dufus.”  Over time the re-spelled term “doofus” became slang for clueless individuals.

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