Words & TermsPeople and character
boofhead
A fool, simpleton or stupid person.
In a sentence
Don’t be a boofhead—check the gate is shut before you leave.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre traces boofhead from buffle-headed/bufflehead and documents its Australian survival and popularisation through the Boofhead comic character.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established