Definitions
Etymologies
- Alteration of boff1.
Examples
“For all the latest numbers from Up's "boffo" box office run, domestically and internationally, go to Box Office Mojo.”
“Anthony's also got a followup entry at his blog: "[W] hat I neglected to mention in the story is that most of the films have not exactly done 'boffo' business.”
“Anything to do with Krusty the Klown's gotta be, in his words: "boffo"!”
“Actually there is a degree of ammbiguity about the term "boffo" or at least about the root "boff".”
I'm in My "What a Median Means" Mode - The Austrian Economists
“JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: If a critic was writing a review of the Microsoft earnings report, "boffo" would be the word that comes to mind -- boffo.”
“KING: Also what if you go "boffo" when you meet her?”
“The guy who gave that "boffo" speech that so impressed her according to SourceWatch.”
“[T] he films in this year's Oscar race seem to suggest the world is more globally unified and polyglot than ever before," writes Anthony's also got a followup entry at his blog: "[W] hat I neglected to mention in the story is that most of the films have not exactly done 'boffo' business.”
“Most jazz, these days, is released on small labels, few of which are generating any kind of boffo profits.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘boffo’.
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MuffinBurns's list
Words to dreams
rapture, cove, tingling, pahutakawa, pang, khop kun kop, hella, boffo, nirvana, flood, synchronicity, sysiphus and 9 more...
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Funny Laughter Words
Words that speak humor
humor, laugh, funny, laughter, hilarity, guffaw, chortle, giggle, burst, hilarious, happy, chuckle and 66 more...
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Nicknames Robin Should Use in Jira
Because he's running out of ideas.
sparkle, plugger, boffo, knobber, bindypop, zork, go, Tamaguchi, impostor
seanahan Used by Ford Prefect to describe a beach in California, I believe. Mar 22, 2008
bilby "Rock Hudson later starred with John Wayne in The Undefeated (1969), but not before 'the Duke' made his military-entertainment masterpiece The Green Berets (1968), which enjoyed the full backing of the Vietnam-embattled Department of Defense. With loads of military input, The Green Berets proved to be, said Variety, a 'whammo' and 'boffo' box-office success. Critics, however, almost universally panned it. One New York Times film reviewer went so far as to call it 'so unspeakable, so stupid, so rotten and false in every detail… vile and insane.'"
- 'The Golden Age of the Military-Entertainment Complex', Nick Turse, 2008. Mar 21, 2008