Betsy Brandt

For me, I need to be able to show up on set and fart around and goof around. If I can have that, when I'm not acting, then when I'm acting I can go however deep and dark and bad I need to. I developed that more with 'Breaking Bad' because I've never worked on anything as dark for as long.

American Actress

Amy Morin

Most people fill their schedules with work, and leisure only happens when there's time left over. But it's impossible to live a rich and full life without doing things that give you joy. Forget about productivity once in a while and give yourself permission to goof off.

American Author

Malin Akerman

I have been a goof my whole life. I wasn't really the popular girl in school and didn't have any boyfriends in high school because I was a nerd. I was a geek.

Swedish Actress

Patti Harrison

I don't want to be solely a dramatic actor. It's such an important part of my quality of life to goof around and talk about my farts.

Devon Bostick

I am a goofy person, really. That's where my energy goes, that's how I live my life. The goof gene is very strong inside me, really.

Canadian Actor

Sean Berdy

I'm a comedian in real life. I always goof around; I'm out-going; and I talk with everybody, especially through Twitter these days!

American Actor

Larry Wall

I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off.

Canadian Businessman

Sam Palladio

I love goofing off and being awkward. I have always enjoyed improv.

British Actor

Alexis Ren

I love being challenged, goofing off, and lots of passion.

American Model

John Goodman

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Used affectionately about friends making silly mistakes without causing harm.

Playful Insult

'Goof' is softer than 'fool' or 'idiot' and doesn't sound as harsh.

Not Harsh

Often used when someone's mistakes lead to funny or entertaining outcomes.

Amusing Situations

Refers to small, often easily corrected mistakes, not serious blunders.

Minor Errors

Suggests a relaxed attitude towards the error made, without much worry.

Casual Acknowledgment

Indicates an honest slip-up without implying incompetence.

Simple Mistake

Can be used in a teasing way to point out someone else's small mistake.

Friendly Admonishment

Indicates engaging in playful or frivolous activities for enjoyment.

Lighthearted Fun

Implies being unproductive on purpose, often in a relaxed or lazy manner.

Unproductive Time

 can just flip it out and it's kind of it's everything for our family it's where we go to just goof around and have fun with the kids when their friends are over and then it's also we're all ghosts sometimes alone just to be with my father you know he's not with us anymore but I feel this presence when I'm in the

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 I've always been an intense rule follower. When I was in kindergarten, our teacher would tell everyone to line up, and I would immediately line up and then I would look at all the other kids who were still goofing off, and I would think, "What are they doing? Did they not hear her, she said to line up."

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 autism meetings is I'm seeing a lot of smart geeky nerdy kids and they just aren't very social and nobody's working on developing their interest in something like science this brings up the whole thing on my science teacher my science teacher has shown absolutely beautifully in the movie as a goof ball

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 so it looks like you're working when you're actually goofing around on the web. Nicholas So my prediction is that we are going to ingest information. You're going to swallow a pill and know English. You're going to swallow a pill and know Shakespeare. [And most importantly

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 which inevitably includes some social chatting. They shifted personal tasks, like doctor's appointments, to the off-day. And yes, the pace of work at the office does go up. "Let's be honest," one explained, "I'm not goofing off or looking at Facebook,

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 No, here are our results. You actually do see that the people who wait until the last minute are so busy goofing off that they don't have any new ideas. And on the flip side, the people who race in

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 setting up camera traps becomes a little monotonous and so sometimes you like pretend to be whatever your subject is whether it's like a wolf or a bear and you kind of like goof around and lighten

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 and goof off which we definitely did a lot of things seemed good life seemed good relative to what I knew then of course but it still seemed good my life was maybe a mile wide but it was only an

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 Like, I would literally spend days clicking through my new racist profile -- Goofing off at work in Aryan land. It was something else. And so I then started visiting some of the pages

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 And multi-slacking is the act of having multiple windows up on your screen so it looks like you're working when you're actually goofing around on the web.