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Noun
/ˈbäfin/,
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boffins, plural;
  1. A person engaged in scientific or technical research
    • - a computer boffin
  2. A person with knowledge or a skill considered to be complex, arcane, and difficult
    • - he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer
  1. (boffin) (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research
  2. In the slang of the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa, boffins are scientists, medical doctors, engineers, and other people engaged in technical or scientific research. ...
  3. (Boffin (hobbit family)) In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Boffin (anglicization of Bophîn, name of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) family are a prominent hobbit family of the Shire, associated with the region of the Yale in the Eastfarthing. ...
  4. (Boffin (video game)) Boffin is a platform game released in 1985 by Addictive Games for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro. It was written by 17 year old Paul Julian O'Malley, who at the time was a resident of Romsey, Hampshire, UK. There are two versions of the game that were released together.
  5. (Boffin) A scientist, inventor or engineer. It’s used in the same way “egghead” is used in North America.
  6. (Boffin) British tabloid term for a scientist. Not to be confused with buffoon.
  7. (Boffin) Nick. 'bonfin,' a name of endearment. Bon, good ; fin, fine, delicate. Some instances have been printed Bossin and Bosyn (i.e. s not f), but I strongly suspect this is a misreading of the text. ...
  8. (Boffin) This is the word for a nerd. Usually male, a boffin would be highly intelligent, have no dress sense and probably grow up to be a mad scientist or an HTML programmer!
  9. (boffin) (scientist, a rather derogatory term) — named after Mr Boffin, a character in the Dickens novel Our Mutual Friend
  10. (boffin) n. 1. A bright but probably eccentric scientist who likely deals in a very unusual area (as a research or think tank scientist).
  11. (boffin) person involved in research, particularly technical research.
  12. n. A boffin is someone who is particularly knowledgeable about his/her subject. Slightly less friendly than expert, calling someone a boffin suggests (much like nerd) that they have body odour and are virgins. Boffins are invariably male.