v.
To participate in boffing
i.e. simulated melee combat with mostly-
safe padded weapons usually constructed with PVC piping and foam, bound and decorated with various Duct Tapes; often used in
LARPing to decide the outcomes of battles.
The word was developed as an Onomatopoeia for the sound usually made when the aforementioned padded weapons
strike one another or a person (BOFF!).
In lieu of this, these padded weapons used are commonly called "Boffing Weapons".
One example of boffing combat is to follow "black knight" rules--a reference made from Monty
Python's King Arthur and the
Quest for the Holy Grail--in that, if you are struck in the arm, you are to pretend you have lost that arm; if you are struck in the leg, you are to pretend you have lost that leg; if you are struck in the crotch, waist, torso,
neck, or head, you are to decalre yourself 'dead'; if you are struck on an arm or leg that has been lost, it is assumed that the
weapon 'would have' passed through the limb that wasn't there and struck the
next part concurrently in its path--usually the torso or another limb, resulting in 'death' or another 'amputation'.
Remember, folks, Boffing is just a game.
"I Challenge you to a Boff!"
"He boffed me over the head and
now I have to wait for someone to
raise me."
"I won, but he still boffed my arm--where's the
healer?"
