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BUDDY HOLLY | 10:06 Sun 02nd Sep 2007 | Science
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Where do we get the name Boffins from?
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Every place I have looked, it seems that the origin of the word is unknown, but it appeared in WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffin
I think gremlins appeared at about the same time and in the same way

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