| Back | boffin \BOF-in\ |
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| Front | noun A scientist or technical expert. [Boffin arose in the early 1940s. Though there are many hypotheses about its etymology, its origin remains unknown.] A brilliant boffin — well, everyone attached to Tea Clipper was brilliant in one way or another. - Tom Clancy, The Cardinal of the Kremlin, 1988 Two years thinking of nothing else. Nobel laureate, balding boffin, government appointee, in the dock, fighting to stay out of jail. - Ian McEwan, Solar, 2010 |
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