boff

boff
I. vb
1.
to hit, punch. A nursery variant of biff, occasionally used semi-facetiously by adults.
2.
to have sex (with), fuck
► '"He's a logical choice".
► "So the fact he's boffing her has nothing to do with it?"' (Vice Versa, US film, 1986)
The term boff came to temporary promi-nence in Britain in 1974 when newspa-pers reported it as current among the upper-class set of which Lord Lucan (fugi-tive and alleged murderer) was a member. This gentle-sounding word, with its sug-gestions of 'puff', 'buff' and 'buffer', next appeared as a convenient euphemism employed in US TV series, such as Soap, of the late 1970s and 1980s, where verisi-militude would demand a more brusque alternative. It is unclear whether the word is American or British in origin or a simul-taneous coinage. It may derive from its nursery sense of 'to hit'.
II. n
1.
British
the backside, buttocks
► 'A kick up the boff.' (Only Fools and Horses, British TV com-edy 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.
III. adj
American
a variant of the vogue term buff
► 'You sure look boff to me.' (California Man, US film, 1992)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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