Boffin vs Bowfin - What's the difference?
boffin | bowfin |
(UK, Australia, informal) A scientist or engineer, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
*{{quote-journal
, date = 1942-02-02
, first = Sir Henry
, last = Tizard
, title = Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Luncheon.
, journal = Journal of the Institute of Petroleum
, volume = 28
, issue = 219
, url = http://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/15981/P-102_1942_No219.pdf
, page = 58
, passage = 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 ? "
}}
A voracious ganoid fish, Amia calva , the last survivor of the order Amiiformes, found in the fresh waters of the United States.
