boffiny

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English

Etymology

From boffin +‎ -y.

Adjective

boffiny (comparative more boffiny, superlative most boffiny)

  1. (informal) Like a boffin; nerdy.
    • 2013, Joanna Nadin, The Rachel Riley Diaries: The Meaning of Life:
      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.
    • 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.