noun
- a scientist or technical expert, especially one engaged in research
Usage: British informal
Examples
- The government consulted several boffins about the new energy policy.
- She’s a real boffin when it comes to computer programming.
- The research lab was full of boffins working on cutting-edge technology.
- He may look like an ordinary guy, but he’s actually a nuclear physics boffin.
- The boffins at the university made a breakthrough in cancer research.
- Media often portray boffins as absent-minded professors in white coats.