From: john@jfeldredge.com   
      
   On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:39:05 +0100, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
      
   > On 02/09/2014 06:50, Bill Swears wrote:   
   >> On 9/1/2014 6:16 PM, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   >>> On 01/09/2014 22:09, William Vetter wrote:   
   >>>> On Monday, September 1, 2014 3:09:50 PM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:   
   >>>>> On Monday, September 1, 2014 6:02:05 AM UTC-6, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>   
   >>> No that's 'boffing' (verb)   
   >>> :-)   
   >>>   
   >>> A boffin (noun) is a backroom-boy, a technical wizard.   
   >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffin   
   >>>   
   >>> Jacey   
   >>>   
   >> And the language drifts again.  Backroom-boy brings up an entirely   
   >> wrong connection for me.   
   >>   
   >> Bill   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Ah, yes, I get your 'drift'. Boffin dates from the second world war when   
   > your meaning wouldn't have been spoken about in public.   
   >   
   > Jacey   
      
   Of course, in some cases, such as Alan Turing, both "boffin" and   
   "backroom-boy" (in the more modern sense) applied.   
      
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