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boffin
[ bof-in ]
noun
, British Slang.
- a scientist or technical expert.
boffin
/ ˈbɒfɪn /
noun
- informal.a scientist, esp one carrying out military research
- a person who has extensive skill or knowledge in a particular field
a Treasury boffin
- informal.someone who is considered to be very clever, often to the exclusion of all non-academic interests
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boffin1
First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boffin1
C20: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
In that reused Red Box will be a boffin’s Budget.
From BBC
The boffins got to work into the night.
From BBC
“It fits into this idea that a group of boffins with a bit of wool and some yards of wire and some bits and bobs can win the war,” he said.
From Seattle Times
Fair play to the historians, and their big boffin heads, but we're not buying it.
From BBC
It is leaders who lead, the critics of lockdowns say, and scientific boffins who advise.
From Washington Post
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