Oaf, Oaf

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Oaf Oaf, Oaf is a funny word, because no one knows what it means. So, you can call someone an oaf and they won’t get offended. Oaf means a stupid or awkward person You can also use the word in other ways like: You are so oafish, or stop acting oafishly. One other way is to use Oafishness, what is all this oafishness. Witch us really saying what all this awkwardness. The reason I love this word is well I already said why but I’ll say it again. It is because you can call someone an oaf and they have no idea what you just said. Then origin of the word oaf comes from the elves. The elves, like the fairies were believed to steal human children, leaving in their stead elf children, changelings. Such a changeling was called an oaf; the word oaf in its strictest sense should have been applied to a genuine changelings, but it was soon used for any deformed or retard3d child. Form the sense “idiot child” it was a short and easy step to the present meaning, “a stupid or awkward person.” Another reason to why I like the word oaf is because I have never heard it used by anyone. I found this word by flipping through the dictionary and saw the word oaf. Since it sounded funny I read what it meant and laughed. I use this word a lot now, and I laugh at people’s reaction when I call them an oaf. Those two hundred and fifty-one words are why I really really I mean really like the word oaf. I do not know what else to say about the word oaf. Except to tell you that I have nothing else to tell you about the word oaf. I have found out something to say now it is a story about a boy named Tim and his friend jimmy. “Oh, hey Tim.” said Jimmy. “Hi, Jimmy what’s up.” Tim answered back. “Oh, nothing you big oaf.” laughed Jimmy. “What did you call me?” Tim exclaimed. “Hahaha, that’s really funny you have no idea what it means.” Jimmy laughed while he walked away. “I will find out what it means
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