boffo

== English == === Etymology === Entertainment industry slang; possibly from box office or buffo. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɒfoʊ/ === Adjective === boffo (comparative more boffo, superlative most boffo) (chiefly US, slang) Outstanding; very good or successful. Synonyms: boff, clicko === Noun === boffo (plural boffos) (chiefly in the world of entertainment) A great success; a hit. === Further reading === “boffo adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. Eric Partridge (2005), “boffo”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 213.