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   Bof·fo

   /ˈbäfō/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a theatrical production or movie, or a review of one) very successful or wholeheartedly commendatory: "a boffo box-office certainty"
   • 2. (of a laugh) deep and unrestrained: "I'm not going for the big boffo laughs"
   • ▪ boisterously funny.

   noun

   • 1. a success: "the finale is a genuine boffo"

   Word Origin 1930s (in sense ‘a joke or punchline’): perhaps imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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