Boffo

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Boffo is an informal term meaning "very good". In show business, boffo can mean a hit show, as in "boffo box office". This use of the term is believed to have originated with the Hollywood trade magazine Variety.

"Boffo" may also refer to:

People
  • Franz Boffo, a 19th-century Sardinian architect responsible for many buildings in southern Russia and Ukraine
  • Dino Boffo, an Italian journalist
  • Adolfo Bautista, a Mexican midfielder nicknamed "Bofo"
In fiction
  • Mister Boffo, a comic strip created by Joe Martin
  • Phineas Boffo, a character in the TV series Carnivàle
  • Boffo, a psychological trick employed by the witch Eumenides Treason in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
Gaming
  • Wizardry 8 has a mock "boffo" ending, which results in the destruction of the planet the players are currently on.
Other
  • Mondo Boffo, an early 80s US New Wave band
  • Boffo Games, a now-defunct video games developer founded by Steve Meretzky

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