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• Alan's incoming mail was vetted by the censors—he estimated that by now Her Majesty was employing the equivalent of two point seven workers full time to torment that disgraced boffin, Professor A.M. Turing. But—score one for Prof Turing—his written communications with Zeno had been encrypted via a sheaf of one-time pads he'd left in Corfu with his golden-eyed Greek god, bringing a matching sheaf home. —  InterzoneScienceFictionandFantasyMagazine#215
• Meanwhile a rival British robo-boffin (roboffin?), developed at Aberystwyth and Cambridge universities and codenamed "Adam", likes to tinker with the DNA of living organisms. —  The Register
• Guaranteed to turn heads, the USB Plasma Ball makes a perfect gift for the IT whiz, science boffin or anyone wanting to add a little spark to their lives. —  LatestBuy.com.au - New Stuff
• Regardless, your role as the boards resident simpsons boffin is questionable itself with your past endorsement of seasons past season 10 ..... —  Latest from PALGN
• Bonsai Barber features a colorful cast of 12 intriguing customers, including a temperamental shallot starlet (don't call her an onion), an oddball strawberry boffin, a cactus cowboy, a daredevil carrot, and a suave banana with top-secret clearance. —  LR News

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