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boffola

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bof⋅fo

  [bof-oh] noun, plural -fos, adjective Slang.
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–noun
1. boff.
–adjective
2. highly effective or successful: He gave a boffo performance as Cyrano.
Also, boff⋅o⋅la  [bo-foh-luh] .

Origin:
perh. alter. of buffo or bouffe
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boff 1   (bŏf)   
n.   Slang

  1. A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh: "He doesn't go for the big boffs, artificially inflated, but lets his comedy build through a leisurely accumulation of bizarre details" (Vincent Canby).

  2. A big laugh.

  3. A conspicuous success. Also called boffo, boffola.


[Probably from b(ox) off(ice).]
bof·fo·la   (bŏf-ō'lə)   
n.   Slang
See boff1.

[From boff1.]
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