Meaning & use
boffo
Extremely successful or impressive, especially describing a performance, show, or box-office result.
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The film opened to boffo reviews and record ticket sales across the country.
Critics called her comeback concert a boffo performance from start to finish.
A note on using this word
Boffo is informal show-business slang, common in entertainment journalism but rarely used in everyday conversation.
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