doofer

English

WOTD – 10 August 2018

Etymology

The remote control for a television is sometimes called a doofer (sense 1.1)

Respelling of “do for”, as in “it will do for that job”.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈduːfə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈduːfɚ/
Rhymes: -uːfə(r)
Hyphenation: doo‧fer

Noun

doofer (plural doofers)

(slang) An object the name of which the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. [from 1930s]
1. (slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:thingy

Anagrams

deroof, fooder, foredo, roofed

German

Adjective

doofer

comparative degree of doof

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