(1) After dismissing the ending of Revolutionary Road as "falsely bleak" and telling his audience that "there's something goofy about American literature since modernism came to an end", the celebrated author of Freedom and The Corrections moved on to social media .
(2) Key, a trader turned politician who combines a CEO-style leadership approach with a down-to-earth, sometimes goofy personal image, continues to rank by far the highest in preferred prime minister polling.
(3) As intentionally goofy as it was, it was meant to go viral, to secretly spread optimism not just among the clearly on-board diehards in the Staples crowd but all throughout the basketball world.
(4) (Goofy as it sounds, this one actually helped me a lot.)
(5) Hard Festival's Richards wanted to lose the "goofy fashion" side of rave that EDC revels in.
(6) The Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco has been getting a lot of play this week—as William Shatner’s secret daughter in the new Priceline ads , and now as a goofy genie who mishears wishes Emily Litella -style while promoting the Toyota RAV4 .
(7) Baskets, of course, is his own brand of outrageous and goofy dingus.
(8) It was quite a serious story but punctuated by these soundbites of goofy cartoon noises,” Kanoniuk said.
(9) The goofy hashtag didn't prevent most readers from taking the tweet for sincere.
(10) Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen Their last visit to Edinburgh saw them nominated for the If.Comedy award for their goofy sketch-show Double Down Hearts.
(11) It’s easy to tell from the very start when a celebrity has the goods to be a great Saturday Night Live host – are they smart, goofy, and willing to make fun of themselves and their friends?
(12) Sellars admits his stagings have often been characterised by "whatever crazy or goofy thing is going on", but 30-odd years after he began his professional career, his focus has changed.
(13) There is the goofy 47-year-old actor and writer whose sleepy chipmunk face and everyman demeanour give no hint of his estimated $300m (£180m)fortune – nor the $25m price-tag (including producer's fee) that comes with his participation on a movie.
(14) Korine is big-sisterly and diplomatic, Benson and Hudgens are goofy, gabby, earnest and lovable by turns, while Gomez, the youngest and the only non-blonde in the movie, is often the one who sensibly and self-deprecatingly re-routes a conversation going adrift, who actually answers the original question, exuding the kind pragmatism, sanity and poise you might expect from a hard-bitten 13-year veteran of the kiddie-showbiz wars.
(15) Public Enemy was meant to be a lively democracy, with Chuck mediating between the goofy, anarchic Flavor Flav and the stern, ultra-militant “Minister of Information” Professor Griff, but that didn’t pan out.
(16) Wife and stepson charged in murder of Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri Read more Asked for comment on the report, Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer site, wrote: “It’s just more of the same goofy gibberish from the Jews.” After decades on the fringes of American life, racist hate groups found themselves unexpectedly in the mainstream news spotlight last year, as Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis rejoiced at Donald Trump’s rise and his presidential victory.
(17) But mostly the magic of my daughter’s joy at comparing ear length with Goofy, meeting Elsa (spoiler: “it’s not the real one, she’s wearing a wig”) and dancing along at a high-energy deck party, while I necked alcoholic blue-and-pink slush puppies.
(18) 'Dad's an awesome guy, he's a fun guy, he's a goofy guy, he likes to make people laugh, he likes to buy gifts for people and stuff' - I never experienced that with them.
(19) Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel are competing for a young, online audience, not with the old tricks – monologues, interviews, skits – but with goofy segments ready-made for viral consumption.” Even before moving to the US, Corden had amassed more than 4.5 million Twitter followers.
(20) The son of the talented and well-liked former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning, Peyton might not be as handsome as a Brady or a Donovan McNabb, but makes up for that with a goofy and self-deprecating sense of humour.
Quirky
Definition:
(a.) Full of quirks; tricky; as, a quirky lawyer.
Example Sentences:
(1) She wants to keep it private, but admits to collecting younger artists, often "sillier, obscure, quirky things".
(2) The knowledgeable staff will happily explain the merits of elusive Belgian beers with quirky names such as Jambe de Bois and Mad Helen.
(3) His Star Trek reboots are dispiriting: the quirky and beloved sci-fi franchise pureed into stimulating but unremarkable blockbuster entertainment, distinguished mainly by caricatures of iconic characters that are more branding than interpretation.
(4) The use of social media is something many people take for granted with family and friends but what is considered quirky or funny within private space can seem very different once leaked into the public domain.
(5) It’s operated by a young, talented photographer called Bheki Dube and his influence is everywhere – the hostel decor is fantastic – think industrial-chic warehouse apartment with lots of quirky touches.
(6) Some may want a book that offers some escape – in which case the quirky English humour of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle may do the trick, or a pick-me-up dose of HE Bates 's The Darling Buds of May .
(7) One could be forgiven for associating director Mike Mills with the word "quirky".
(8) Hobsbawm Macaulay received an unusual amount of press attention for a PR start-up, and was portrayed as a rather quirky high-minded experiment, but in fact the agency was attuned to where power increasingly lay in Britain, with the media, the expanding cultural and charitable industries, and the then rising New Labour establishment.
(9) Everyone knows about the Humber bridge, but there's some really quirky, unusual stuff that goes on that doesn't happen anywhere else."
(10) From being a quirky choice, diesel went mainstream in Europe.
(11) Upstairs from the shop, full of quirky impulse buys such as Gemma Correll's Pugs not Drugs tote bags and Emily Warren's papier-mâché busts, there's studio and workshop space, with screen-printing equipment and sewing machines for regular workshops of up to six people.
(12) Whitehall eventually intervened, with a government inspector ruling: "Any system of control must make some small place for the dynamic, the unexpected, the downright quirky."
(13) YouTube stars are not only entertaining us through their quirky videos and updates but building long lasting relationships with their fans.” The three channels chosen for the company’s first YouTuber-led advertising push in the UK are certainly popular.
(14) Virgin would disagree, pointing to a doubling of passenger numbers during its ownership of the franchise and quirky marketing campaigns that helped make it the most well-known rail brand in Britain.
(15) His Green Book , a short work setting out his philosophy, has pages and pages dedicated to his quirky views on women, underpinned by a belief that we just have to admit to our biological limitations.
(16) In his airy new office, Cable says his views have evolved, but refuses to sit in the quirky modern chair shipped in by his predecessor, Lord Mandelson.
(17) But plenty of quirky facts and peculiar tidbits turned up as well.
(18) Perhaps led by street fashion and the ever-growing success of fashion bloggers, who have been pushing back to the art-student-meets-festivalgoer look for some time, designers are following suit and demanding quirky models to showcase their clothes.
(19) Sandy breaking out of the compound BB3 Sandy's insistence on his quirkiness got rather wearing, so it was just as well he made a bid for escape, with his new best friend Alex wailing, "Be careful, Sandy, be careful!"
(20) He describes Seeed as an “open hardware facilitator” – if you have an idea for a quirky product, he can help you make it.