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or boffo
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as in giggle
an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement
an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff
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as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
the emcee told some good boffs that kept the ceremony from becoming too serious
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Recent Examples of boff
Serena and Nate boff at a wedding reception on Gossip Girl
Two high-school students bump uglies on the bar of Michael Jordan's Steakhouse with a reception happening about two feet away.
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Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 25 July 2017
Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 25 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boff
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The daddy-daughter duo was pictured in giggles while attending the premiere of 47 Metres Down: Uncaged in 2019.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Also have a mix of professional friends and real friends—the professional friends to chat with early on and the real friends to have a giggle with later on.Felicity Carter, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Like many classic Spongebob jokes, the scene became a meme, often referenced and recreated online.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mulaney did a classic couch set on The Tonight Show (perhaps the most classic venue for a couch set) with new jokes about his son, his son’s emerging rockabilly tendencies, and his son’s hatred for Steely Dan.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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Many rival fans have had a good laugh at Tottenham and their wildly fluctuating results this season.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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After 25 years in business, Vanessa von Bismarck and Carrie Phillips have had their share of successes, laughs and struggles.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
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Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Sugar might have caught its share of snickers when its big plot twist was revealed, but Colin Farrell is a huge movie star who carried that show, and that should be enough to give him the edge.Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 July 2024
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Most recently, the Kremlin has settled on a strategy that involves legal sallies against international digital companies—including Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter.Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2015
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He was born into a rich family, and his father, the outer-borough real-estate developer Fred Trump, financed his early sallies into Manhattan real estate.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
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What follows is a Die Hard–style jape that, spoiler, ends in the entire Lonely Island being shot and killed.Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The curators know who the target audience is: people who still get a kick out of decades-old barf japes.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
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At the retirement home, everybody’s got problems — memory loss, cancer, loneliness — but these darker moments alternate with sight gags, punchlines and snarky wisecracks in a way that somehow feels cohesive.Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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When the perceptive Moon in your playful 5th house goads incisive Mercury in your intimacy zone, a wisecrack about a personal issue may really offend you.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2024
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Its population of 1,500 is outnumbered almost 10:1 by the yaks grazing nearby.Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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An African lion, two bears, two domestic yaks, 25 pheasants, 40 mandarin ducks and five white cockatoos were sent to North Korea, according to the statement.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Boff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boff. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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