(pronounced exactly as it is spelled)
To remember what this word means, all you must do is think of Daffy Duck, the frivolously merry, over-the-top wacky, über silly Warner Bros. cartoon character who was continually making a fool of himself with his harebrained schemes.
Example: Virginia could only think of one reason that her boss had hired such a daft office manager to handle the vital day-to-day operations of their very complicated design business: the two must have been having an affair.