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boffo

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bof·fo  (bf) Slang
adj.
Extremely successful; great.
n. pl. bof·fos
See boff1.
[Alteration of boff1.]
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Adj.1.boffo - resoundingly successful and popular; "for years he was a boffo box office certainty"
successful - having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome; "a successful architect"; "a successful business venture"
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It's hard to nitpick with two movies that have managed the neat trick of being both critically acclaimed and commercially boffo ($1.
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Several other movies did boffo box office business--Spider-Man 2, Shark Tale, The Incredibles, and Shrek 2--but they are kid fare, not serious Oscar contenders.
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Would it be better to put her to work in community service for a few years--say, cooking up boffo dinners in a soup kitchen or decorating bedrooms in an orphanage?
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