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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I thought boffin was a verb....

2 posted on 02/27/2013 10:24:20 AM PST by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)

To: paddles

I think it’s the UK word for nerd.

3 posted on 02/27/2013 10:25:58 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)

To: paddles

boffin |ˈbäfin| noun , chiefly Brit.
a person engaged in scientific or technical research.

7 posted on 02/27/2013 10:41:47 AM PST by Jane Long

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