Citations:astro-boffin
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English citations of astro-boffin
Noun: "(UK, Australia, informal) an expert in a field relating to the stars, especially astronomy"
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- 2003, "Astro-boffins mull football theory", The Age, 9 October 2003 (only used in title):
- A team of astrophysicists have taken a kick at the conventional view that the Universe is flat and endless, suggesting instead that the cosmos is shaped like... a football.
- 2006, Jonathan Green, "Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em", The Age, 19 August 2006:
- Perhaps while confirming the diminution of Pluto's status, the astro-boffins might like to consider a name change for the U-planet.
- 2007, Mark Kermode, "2007: a scorching new space odyssey", The Observer, 25 March 2007:
- Space travel turns into a journey to hell. 'I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars!' burbles Sam Neill's astro-boffin. 'But she's gone much further than that - to a dimension of pure chaos, pure evil!'
- 2008, Andy McNab, "Let's make-up", 4men, 10 April 2008:
- 'The birth of new galaxies' - I'll produce unlimited copy, that'll leave the entire astro-boffin community scratching their heads in disbelief as they're forced to re-evaluate the whole time/space continuum...