Meaning of doofer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know.
   slang
2. A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”).
   Australia, slang
3. The remote control for a television.
   slang, specifically

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Examples

“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: […]”

“Right-ho. Who's going to work⟳ the doofer? Lady? Right-ho.”

“I opt for a CN Burger combo – basically, a hefty cheeseburger and fries, with a drink⟳. […] I collect⟳, together with serviettes (you ought to need⟳ serviettes with a burger!), and one of their patented "doofers" – an ingenious cardboard contraption designed to stop⟳ your burger's innards falling out – and return⟳ to eat⟳ it at work⟳.”

“On top of the bar [of the bicycle] is a little rubber doofer that plugs a hole, into which a Garmin or Wahoo out-front mount⟳ can be inserted.”

“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 – […]”

“I was bombarded with hysterical Black Friday offers to upgrade my telly, my tablet, my computer, my phone and my DVD player. Why in the name⟳ of G5 would I want⟳ to do that? I already have⟳ to negotiate⟳ my way, weepily, round four doofers (as in “it’ll do for that”, aka a remote) just to watch⟳ I’m a Celebrity…”

“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.”

“In the early days you couldn't really distinguish between … the techno ravers in the warehouses and the bush doofers […]”

“In one year since the last⟳ Let⟳ Them Eat⟳ Cake, you could be mistaken for thinking that the crowd had been infiltrated by the cadre of loyal doofers who haven’t missed a Rainbow Serpent [Festival] since the Rainbow Serpent first created Australia.”

“[A]round 200 ‘doofers’ had trampled and rubbished the ecologically sensitive area which contained threatened fauna and flora.”

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