Boff

Boff

1. (British) The backside, buttocks

'A kick up the boff.' (Only Fools and Horses, British TV comedy series, 1989)

2a. (American) A successful joke

2b. (American) A hearty laugh Both senses of the word are part of the jar- gon of the entertainment industry and are probably imitative of an explosive chortle, or else like 'biff' denote a 'hit'.

3. (British) A swot. The word is probably a shortening of the colloquial 'boffin'.

'Some took so much pride in never being seen with a book, they had virtual slaves carry their books to and from school…the worst thing you could be was a "boff" or an "anorak".' (Independent, 17 November 1996)

4. (British) a sweet. In this sense the word has been used by schoolchildren since 2000.

Crash me some boffs.

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