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boffo

[ bof-oh ]

noun

plural boffos.


adjective

  1. highly effective or successful:

    He gave a boffo performance as Cyrano.

boffo

/ ˈ²úÉ’´Úəʊ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    very good; highly successful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who has extensive skill or knowledge in a particular field
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boffo1

Perhaps alteration of buffo or bouffe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of boffo1

C20: of uncertain origin
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When the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, “Carousel†was doing boffo business on Broadway.

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She headlined a boffo political convention in August and easily bested Donald Trump earlier this month in their one, and possibly only, debate.

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So her boffo performance — it is, after all, a performance — was not surprising.

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That said, Biden could be boffo — or at least perform decently enough.

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Come summer, I saw the trend expand with the boffo success of “Barbie,†in which Ryan Gosling’s Ken makes an entire career out of pouting on the beach.

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