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You Mean "Boffins" Isn't A Term Of Respect?

Posted by timothy on from the and-here-all-this-time-i-was-thinkin' dept.

Wolfcat writes "SCIENTISTS no longer want to be called boffins, saying the name conjures an image of weird men in lab coats. The president of the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS), Chris Fell, today said 'boffin' also suggested scientists were not part of the real world." Look soon for a redacted version of The Register.

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  1. Crackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I bet this'll be about as successful as the self-proclaimed "hackers" trying to rename the people that break into computers. Or those who insist that the word "piracy" can't possibly ever be a synonym for "copyright infringement".

  2. I can see the Register guys scrambling by Frantactical+Fruke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Going

    s/boffins/funny men in white lab coats/

    all over their database...

  3. Or they could apply the geek solution... by Doctor+Hu · · Score: 4, Insightful
    And reclaim the term as one of respect.

    Doctor Hu (one of several 'old farts' and 'dinosaurs' who are helping to keep our employer's head above water.)