boffo

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɒfoʊ/
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Adjective

boffo (comparative more boffo, superlative most boffo)

  1. (chiefly US, slang) Outstanding; very good or successful.
    Synonyms: boff, clicko
    • a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:
      “Come on, Lana. Give me and the bird a chance. We're boffo.”
    • 2022, Peter Rainer, Beyond the blockbusters: The 10 best films of 2022, in: The Christian Science Monitor, December 22 2022
      And if the Hollywood stuff didn’t grab you, you could glom onto “RRR,” S.S. Rajamouli’s phenomenally successful Raj-era Indian action epic that, for sheer boffo exuberance, outdid anything the studios churned out this year.

Noun

boffo (plural boffos)

  1. (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit.
    Synonyms: boff, clicko
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