OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19418

boffin

/ˈbɒfɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cerebrito • científico
An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
In fact, a fighting friend of mine said that he could hardly walk in any direction in this war without tumbling over a scientist who had got in the way. In the Royal Air Force, whe…
With a rare and beautiful ease one can now ring up a boffin, as I did the other day, and say: "As a price for not opposing our Parliamentary Powers for a new marshalling yard, the…
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