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boffola, n. and a. U.S. slang.
Brit. |bɒˈfəʊlə|, U.S. |ˌbɑˈfoʊlə|
Forms: 19– boffola, 19– buffola
[‹ boff n.2 + -ola suffix2, after boffo n.1
With form buffola compare buffo n. and adj. and its etymon Italian buffo comical, burlesque.]
A. n. Originally and chiefly in the entertainment industry: an uproariously funny joke. Cf. earlier boff n.2 and boffo n.1
1946F. Wakeman Hucksters vi. 97 It'll sound all right. Good jokes, laughs, I'll pack the script with boffolas. 1949Sat. Evening Post 28 May 35/2 This ability [to think of gags] brought out the old boffolas from coast to coast. 1979Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Jan. b1 Writing jokes..for businessmen who pay $1,500 for five minutes of boffolas. 1998Hartford (Connecticut) Courant (Nexis) 6 Nov. f5 When treating a biology prof who looks like Colonel Sanders like a tackling dummy is a big boffola, then something profoundly imbecilic has overtaken Hollywood comedy.
B. adj. Of a laugh: uproarious, unrestrained, hearty. Of a joke: uproariously or boisterously funny, hilarious. Cf. boffo adj.2
1976National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct. 10/3 There is a lot of shouting, posturing, and attempts at boffola humor. 1989T. Tryon Night of Moonbow ii. vi. 121 He knew you couldn't help getting a boffola laugh when the front end, feet crossed, sat down on the rear end. 1999Washington Times (Nexis) 7 July a15 The punch was in the very last sentence... If the boffola line means anything at all, it implies the Dalai Lama and Jiang Zemin, if they could only meet and liked each other, might make substantial progress on the Tibet question. |