Sentences with boffin
bof·fin
B b - A Treasury boffin
- In fact, a fighting friend of mine said that he could hardly walk in any direction in this war without tumbling over a scientist who had got in the way. In the Royal Air Force, where the concentration of scientists is perhaps greatest, they have a pet name for them. They call them " Boffins. " Why, I do not know. I said to a young friend of mine in the Air Force, " Why do you call scientists ' Boffins ' ?" He said, " I don't know. What else would you call them ? "