boffo

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English

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Etymology

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Entertainment industry slang; possibly from box office or buffo. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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 December 22, Peter Rainer, “Beyond the blockbusters: The 10 best films of 2022”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
      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.
    • 2023 June 21, Julia Jacobs, “A Britney Spears Jukebox Musical Hopes for #SeeBritney Energy”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      With a track list stacked with hits such as “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Circus,” the show has the potential for boffo success, but it also faces unique challenges.

Noun

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boffo (plural boffos)

  1. (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit.

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