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Boffinator

Find 'boffin.' Destroy.
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A web crawler that moves through all web pages in the Internet, finding instances of the word 'boffin,' and replacing with 'scientist.' Reports each instance to the Ministry of Silly Words.
sqeaketh the wheel, Mar 13 2014


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       Definitely not.   

       Although many scientists are inappropriately labelled as boffins, that is no reason to drop the word from the lexicon.
MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 13 2014
  


 

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