Sixty Symbols | Is 'Boffin' a Dirty Word? - Sixty Symbols @sixtysymbols | Uploaded 10 months ago | Updated 11 hours ago
We discuss a campaign to stop scientists being called "boffins". More links and info below

Featuring University of Nottingham scientists Phil Moriarty, Martyn Poliakoff, Emma Chapman, and Oliver Gould.

Here is the Institute of Physics "Bin the Boffin" campaign - https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-less/bin-the-boffin

And the Daily Star's response: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/eggheads-want-term-boffin-banned-29574611

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