boffin
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal, by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward.
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(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal, by extension) A person with specialized knowledge or skills, especially one who is socially awkward.
An essential difference between a boffin and a back room boy, as [Robert] Watson-Watts points out, is that the boffin does not stay in the back room but emerges to poke his nose into other peoples[’] business. It is quite wrong to use th…
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(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, informal) An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
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