boffiny

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adjective

Like a boffin; nerdy.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveboffiny (comparative more boffiny, superlative most boffiny)

comparative more boffiny · superlative most boffiny

  1. informalLike a boffin; nerdy.

    2022, Simon Williams, Pandamonium!: How (Not) to Run a Record Label […] but at some key point in my so-called decade-long tenure there was a key piece of research that the boffiny NME publishing bigwiggoes indulged in.

    1 more example

    He is just annoyed because he was refused entry last year on grounds of not being boffiny enough. Which is frightening as James can recite all the books of the Bible, and the periodic table, off by heart, in song.

    2013, Joanna Nadin, The Rachel Riley Diaries: The Meaning of Life

Origin

From boffin + -y.

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APA

boffiny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boffiny

MLA

“boffiny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boffiny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boffiny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boffiny.

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