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goofing off

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Noun1.goofing offgoofing off - the evasion of work or duty          
dodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"


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The history, philosophy, and justification of goofing off, supplemented with careful research and statistics, makes for engaging reading whether for expert sociologists researching the cultural phenomenon's of shirking or lay readers making the most of their own relaxation time.
``As much as we talk about how great it is to laugh and cry when we see Grandpa acting crazy and goofing off in front of the camera, home movies show how uneven the mass media representations of `normal' has been,'' Becker said.
I was giggling and goofing off in the pool with my BFF.
 
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