Talk:Boffin

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Article Boffins listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion Apr 26 to May 3 2004, consensus was to delete. Discussion:

  • Dicdef of slang. -- Ben Brockert 22:43, Apr 26, 2004 (UTC)
  • List for cleanup, but am inclined to keep. With its WWII origins, and its obscurity to many in the USA, it's a word that a good article could be written about, and what's there is a start. Smerdis of Tlön 00:33, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
    • I have expanded the entry. Probably ought to be moved to boffin in any case. Smerdis of Tlön 14:15, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Fine in its present state. I've read enough Nevil Shute and Len Deighton and so forth novels, set in Britain during WWII, and think that it's an adequate pop-culture-type article that could grow nicely. Haven't I also seen references to the "Wizards' War?" Dambusters and FIDO and H2S and Chain Home and Bletchley Park and Frank Whittle and midnight flights to bring the cavity magnetron to the U. S. and all that? Pip pip! Jolly good, eh what? Dpbsmith 15:23, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep: interesting, informative. Wile E. Heresiarch 20:07, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Looks reasonable. Keep. DS 12:15, 29 Apr 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep, but should be moved to boffin, as per Wikipedia style ("prefer singular nouns"). Can probably co-exist with the hobbit reference for now, and if either gets too big, it can be a disambig page. - IMSoP 13:38, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

End discussion

Um, don't you mean consensus was to keep but move to singular noun? Also, do we really need Boffin (disambiguation) rather than a link straight through to Boffin (hobbit family)? I'm rather inclined to give the user one less link to follow myself. - IMSoP 16:00, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

[edit] See Also

Why does this article link to BAF? --AdamBackstrom (talk) 15:43, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Er. . . uh. . . because it can? Smerdis of Tlön 15:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Fair enough. --AdamBackstrom (talk) 21:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] teacher's pets

'or repellent teacher's pets at school - lapping up their school work.'

I disagree with this as a universal statement but I think it suits Nida Jafri.She is a goody two shoes! I attended schools outside London, UK during the 70s and 80s and the phrase did not carry the pejorative nature of the word swot. The phrase described a pupil known to be especially knowledgeable, particularly the sort of pupil who was likely to enjoy attending an after school computer or electronics club. There were boffins who were cool as well as boffins who were disliked. The term of derision for a pupil who worked hard was swot.

Mostly boffin was only applied to boys, unlike the term swot which was used to insult both boys and girls in equal measure.


category notible boffins should be deleated... clearly irrelevant information and most probably an ammature attempt at high school styled humour

Paul HH 18:12, April 1, 2005 (GMT)

[edit] Dr. Cyclops image

Given the conceptual distance between "boffin" and "mad scientist," the image is really a poor fit. Given the lead, Alec Guiness in The Man in the White Suit would be ideal. Failing that, Michael Rennie as Barnes Wallis in The Dambusters or James Stewart as Theodore Honey in No Highway would work. I'm not well-versed in the fair-use issues associated with adding images, but will try to get up to speed and see what I can do about it.

ABVR 04:20, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

[1]== Karlos M'Panzu ==

He is a boffin like Naim Kamal but Naim Kamal looks gay and ugly. Karlos is good at loads of stuff and wants to make things good for manhood and mankind. There is a lesbien in Karlos's class called Nida Jafri and she always tries her best to answer every question like a f@*!ing good two shoes. She is such a lil' boy like another girl called Stevieleigh Smith. She is gay. Karlos plays loads of games on the internet and wants to powerful in history. Sheng-Qi Du calls him Kola but no big deal. Sheng has problems. Karlos is lanky and fast and lanky. He is good for loads of stuff. ANIK IS GAY!!! Karlos has done in Keegan Kelly's arm and followed him home. Keegan has a rare eye condition. Also Daniel Curry and Hamse Ali are gay together. Daniel is a fat slob who eats curry 24/7 and Hamse has a mashed up hamburger hamster face. Rahim Kuzito is a traitor for definate but you got to hand it to him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.85.1.2 (talk) 16:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)