From: wswears@gci.net   
      
   On 9/2/2014 4:10 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 9/2/14, 1:16 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:11:42 +0100, Jacey Bedford   
   >>  wrote in   
   >>  in   
   >> rec.arts.sf.composition:   
   >>   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >>> My (American) editor didn't think boffin was an American   
   >>> word and asked me to change it. Oh dear.   
   >>   
   >> I think that your editor is oversensitive.  I really would   
   >> invest a little auctorial credit in holding out for   
   >> .   
   >>   
   >   
   >      I wouldn't. I have NEVER seen that word used outside of a UK   
   > context. Egghead is the closest American word to that, and even it is   
   > outdated.   
   >   
   >   
   Lab-nerd might work now.  Nerds are pretty popular these days.   
      
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