[extropy-chat] zombie boffins

[Neil Halelamien]

On 6/28/05, The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > At 10:50 PM 6/27/2005 -0700, spike wrote:
> >
> > >the use of the obscure term "boffins."
> >
> > This is a British term derived from "to boff", or
> > perform an act of
> > carnality. It was attributed to scientists due to
> > their notable sexual allure.
> 
> Thanks for clearing that up. Here I thought boffins
> were those guys in Star Wars that died to get the
> plans to the death star into the rebellion's hands.
> And I didn't know that you Brits think we scientists
> are so boffable. :)

Actually, I could have sworn that boffins were the
pvc-pipe-covered-with-foam-padding swords that people repeatedly hit
each other with for fun.

Or maybe that's boffers...

http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Boffer/Boffer-Generic.html

-- Neil