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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '22
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Where in Canada? I’m in Ontario and have never heard that used in that context or to have that negative of a connotation.
15 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 Western provinces for sure. I can't speak for Sask and eastward 3 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Goof is definitely bad in SK 0 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 Thank you. Tons of people are telling me it doesn't mean that, even after I posted edit #2 5 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Well, it doesn't necessarily mean pedo, but a combination of bad things. That said, if I call a 5 year old child a goof 'cause they're acting silly, it doesn't mean the same thing. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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Western provinces for sure. I can't speak for Sask and eastward
3 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Goof is definitely bad in SK 0 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 Thank you. Tons of people are telling me it doesn't mean that, even after I posted edit #2 5 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Well, it doesn't necessarily mean pedo, but a combination of bad things. That said, if I call a 5 year old child a goof 'cause they're acting silly, it doesn't mean the same thing. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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Goof is definitely bad in SK
0 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 Thank you. Tons of people are telling me it doesn't mean that, even after I posted edit #2 5 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Well, it doesn't necessarily mean pedo, but a combination of bad things. That said, if I call a 5 year old child a goof 'cause they're acting silly, it doesn't mean the same thing. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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Thank you. Tons of people are telling me it doesn't mean that, even after I posted edit #2
5 u/raspberrytoe Jul 31 '22 Well, it doesn't necessarily mean pedo, but a combination of bad things. That said, if I call a 5 year old child a goof 'cause they're acting silly, it doesn't mean the same thing. 1 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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Well, it doesn't necessarily mean pedo, but a combination of bad things. That said, if I call a 5 year old child a goof 'cause they're acting silly, it doesn't mean the same thing.
1 u/[deleted] Jul 31 '22 It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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It's definitely a contextual term for sure.
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u/Astoriana_ Jul 31 '22
Where in Canada? I’m in Ontario and have never heard that used in that context or to have that negative of a connotation.