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Thread #123606 Message #2724802
Posted By: GUEST,Penny S. (elsewhere)
16-Sep-09 - 11:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Evolution ... or perhaps not ...
Subject: RE: BS: Evolution ... or perhaps not ...
In Britain, the term is not brainiac, but boff, from boffin, once a term of respect, if amused respect, for what we owed the eccentric and clever. It isn't just the States.
Penny