boffin

he had a reputation as a tax boffin, a learned lawyer.

The boffin is working on a new scientific breakthrough.

The boffin presented their findings at the conference.

The boffin's research has led to important discoveries.

The boffin is known for their innovative ideas.

The boffin's work has a significant impact on the field.

The boffin received a prestigious award for their contributions.

The boffin's expertise is highly respected in the scientific community.

The boffin collaborated with researchers from around the world.

The boffin's paper was published in a top scientific journal.

The boffin is constantly pushing the boundaries of knowledge.

No wonder boffins have their eye on the news from Geneva.

Yeah, I'm a bit of a boffin; clever person.

You'll become much more of a boffin if you read a slightly more intellectual newspaper.

The boffins behind it think that new physical forms of the element, known as allotropes, may offer ways around both the partial-combustion and the toxicity problems.

Language has been enriched with such terms as 'highbrow', 'egghead', 'blue-stocking', 'wiseacre', 'know-all', 'boffin' and, for many, 'intellectual' is a term of denigration.

Of the four, the nearest to a conventional boffin was Maurice Wilkins, who had spent much of the Second World War helping to design the atomic bomb.

Chinese engineers made up 27% of that select group in 2019. Many Chinese AI boffins studied or worked in America before bringing expertise back home.

Now, what I want you to do is become a bit of a " boffin" , a " clever person" , and go to the quiz, and get 10 out of 10.

For example, words like blockbuster, nose-dive, shell-shocked, camouflage, radar, barrage, boondocks, roadblock, snafu, boffin, brainwashing, spearhead, etc, are all military terms which have made their way into standard English during the World Wars.