CALL: SAVE OUR BOFFINS
Daily Star|March 29, 2023
Brainiacs fear term is turn-off
JAMES CAVEN
CALL: SAVE OUR BOFFINS

EGGHEADS are demanding they are no longer branded "boffins".

They claim it conjures up the wrong image and is putting off youngsters turning to science.

Boffins from the Institute of Physics want the term, commonly used for scientists and experts, to be binned.

This story is from the March 29, 2023 edition of Daily Star.

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