astro-boffin

noun

Etymology

From astro- + boffin.

Definitions

  1. An expert in a field relating to the stars, especially astronomy.

    • Perhaps while confirming the diminution of Pluto's status, the astro-boffins might like to consider a name change for the U-planet.
    • Space travel turns into a journey to hell. 'I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars!' burbles Sam Neill's astro-boffin. 'But she's gone much further than that - to a dimension of pure chaos, pure evil!'
    • 'The birth of new galaxies' - I'll produce unlimited copy, that'll leave the entire astro-boffin community scratching their heads in disbelief as they're forced to re-evaluate the whole time/space continuum...

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for astro-boffin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA