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Old 11-09-2007, 12:48 PM
cbloom cbloom is offline
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Default Re: Euro (mostly British) Phrases that are catching on in the U.S.?

Oh yeah, at my last job "Boffin" was catching on, presumably because we all read TheRegister way too much; great semi-perjorative word for intellectuals. As in "The boffins at Intel are giving us a 16-way core whether we want it or not"
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