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Boffin
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Scientist
/
egghead
; highly qualified in his field . Someone who knows a great deal about very little .
Origin: 1930's/40's Royal Air
Force
slang .
1.The Boffins at the
research
lab
have once again saved the day and avoided catastrophe .
2.Barnes Wallis was delighted to join the Boffins at the central research aerospace
lab
.
Boffin
by
Peter T
July 3, 2006