Boffer

A person with tinnitus who gives poor advice about tinnitus and is obsessed with giving habituation platitudes. The word is a reference to Jastreboff, the researcher who started Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, a therapy dedicated to habituation platitudes.

r/tinnitus and facebook are full of boffers. You're not gonna get any good advice there

by MPPpostingplace December 30, 2019