boofy

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊfi/

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From bouffant +‎ -y.

boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.

   My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.

   • 2004, Margaret Simons, Latham's World: The New Politics of the Outsiders‎, page 38:

     He appeared in person much as he did on television – big, boofy even when well groomed – like a version of Ginger Meggs grown up and gone into politics.

   • 2005, John Harms, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story‎, page 81:

     Steve trotted onto the field: a young footballer with a boofy, 1980s haircut.

   • 2010, James Dack, Stephen Dack, Larry Writer, Sunshine and Shadow: A Brothers' Story, unnumbered page:

     I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.

• boof

Apparently from first element of boofhead +‎ -y. First recorded in the 1990s.

boofy (comparative boofier, superlative boofiest)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.

   Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.

   • 2006, Judy Hardy-Holden, Love in the Afternoon‎, page 58:

     My friend Sharn has a friend in her late 50s who is very keen to maintain sexual relations with her husband, a big boofy bloke, a mechanic by trade.

   • 2011, Dave Graney, 1001 Australian Nights: A Memoir‎, page 116:

     Suddenly the carriage was full of boofy schoolboys all excitedly chesting and punching each other and stretching their limbs as they tried to sit still.

   • 2011, John Sullivan, Firebug‎, page 72:

     She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.

• boofhead