boffins

Informed Whitehall sources said GCHQ "boffins" – of all ages – were subjected to particular pressure in their private life because of the nature of their specialist knowledge and skills and the secrecy surrounding them.

MI6 worker murdered, stuffed in a bag and dumped in a bath 2010

Aside from "boffins" such as myself and others like me who may read too deep into lighthearted films, a regular Joe just wants a 90 min time killer.

Filmstalker: Tom Cruise - Movie Star or Celebrity Target? 2006

The "boffins" I was thinking of were the political tall forehead types over there, not the good guys.

Aussie junket? 2008

Only Coleridge thought you needed 'boffins' to edit a video compilation.

Dead Famous Elton, Ben 2001

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Treasury "boffins" had done their homework.

National Nine News 2010

Al Gore asserts the scientific consensus of an anthropogenic cause for the climate change effect, something in which I assume the "boffins" at the Met Office concur.

digg.com: Top News 2010

Peter Crouch arguably the most hard done by man in football People, who if I was writing for a tabloid newspaper I would be obliged to describe as 'boffins', have discovered that referees are heightist and frequently unfairly punish taller players.

Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2010

Physics and Chemistry seem so remote, and restricted to 'boffins'.

Pharyngula 2009

They'll have clever boffins working fer them no doubt who are clued up on shares, but I still say that it's still a guesstimate from the "boffins" too!

unknown title 2009

Michael Apted told me when he was making Enigma (his thriller celebrating the work of the "boffins" of

Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009