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plural doofs
(US, slang) A simpleton.
countable and uncountable, plural doofs
(Australia, slang, uncountable) A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
(Australia) An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city. quotations examples
Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
2004, Graham St John, editor, Rave Culture and Religion, page 138
Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs’ of Australian rave culture.
2006, Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture, volume 2, page 110
The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
2007, Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History, Volume 31, page 76