To: Eric in the Ozarks
“Boffin” roughly equivalates to “nerd,” in the Queen’s English.
12 posted on
07/22/2016 4:49:13 AM PDT by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
I thought it might mean “student” or bright person.
13 posted on
07/22/2016 4:51:21 AM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
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To: 1rudeboy
“Boffin” roughly equivalates to “nerd,” in the Queen’s English.
I think they’re what my Navy pals called “twidgets”. Tech nerds.
16 posted on
07/22/2016 4:56:09 AM PDT by
CrazyIvan
(Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
To: 1rudeboy
“Boffin” roughly equivalates to “nerd,” in the Queen’s English.Boffin is more accurately "a very smart technical expert", a scientist or engineer, without the "socially awkward" connotation of "nerd".
17 posted on
07/22/2016 4:59:48 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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