10 Everday American Words That Are Totally Inappropriate In Britain

4. Goofy

The American connotations in relation to the word goofy relate to behaviour; to accuse someone of acting in a goofy manner is analogous to attacking their behaviour as immature and childish. In stark contrast, despite being a broadly offensive term in the United States, the British insinuations of the term is far more personal; visions of a buck toothed, socially awkward, nerd like figure emerge when someone in Britain is called goofy. These implicit and inferred ideas are ones which are offensive on different levels; it is one thing to verbally assault the demeanour and behaviour of a person as it is the direct derivative of a conscious decision, whereas to bulldoze the self esteem and personal body image of a person is obscene, unnecessary and callous. It is evident that the British inferred ideas relating to goofy amount to a much deeper, far more profound, personally savage form of offence in contrast to the American insinuations.