The phrase "doofus for" is commonly used in spoken English, but it may not be considered grammatically correct in written English
It is often used in a playful or sarcastic manner to describe someone as foolish or silly. Example: "I can't believe you forgot your keys again. You're such a doofus for always doing that."
She'd left him for a plaid-clad insurance salesman who turned out to be too much of a doofus for her.
Having successfully established himself, why act the comic doofus for a national audience?
For example, the last time I visited Deshler, I ran into a guy known as Doofus for most of the '80s and '90s.
He said that the boos "test her mettle" and called Mr. Giuliani "bush league" and "a doofus" for making fun of the first lady's ability to navigate New York's streets.
In the emails, Mr Podesta called Mrs Clinton's election rival Bernie Sanders a "doofus" for criticising the Paris climate change agreement.
After reading some of the responses to Kristoff's articles — someone called a man with colon cancer a "lame brain doofus," for instance — I think we're talking about two different things.
Even the doofus from Deathcab for Cutie is breaking out the multiple exclamation points on Twitter in anticipation of his own fantasy draft.
I was like the grandmother in that 1997 Stella Artois advert, gazing longingly at the pair of red shoes, only for her doofus grandson to buy them for her and then callously exchange them for a glass of overpriced beer.
Consider how many malls, after all, house cinemas that showed the 2009 comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," in which Kevin James played the bumbling and overweight main character — "a lovable New Jersey doofus," a reviewer for The New York Times wrote.
Caution should be exercised in applying dumb to a person who is mute, because of the second sense of the word, meaning "unintelligent," but as a noun, dumb-ass can be used without shame as a suitable synonym for doofus.
Fessel, a main vehicle for the doofus comedy, buys bomb-making material with a voice disguised as his own.
