११ नोव्हेंबर, २०१२

"Archaeologists in Bulgaria are chuffed today..."

I love the word "chuffed." And "boffins": "Tomb-raid boffins find golden hoard of the warrior Thracians/Spartan-arse-kickers who produced Spartacus..." (How's that for a headline?)

१० टिप्पण्या:

Unknown म्हणाले...

I didn't know Wodehouse was still writing.

McTriumph म्हणाले...

"However, despite being desperate hardcases, the Thracians weren't what you'd call intellectuals and produced no written records or language of their own", but they liked bling", sounds familiar.

edutcher म्हणाले...

I thought boffins were birds.

Otherwise, very interesting stuff.

Eric the Fruit Bat म्हणाले...

B. Kliban cartoon:

Two oddly dressed men, armed with swords, square off against one another amid ancient ruins.

"Listen, buddy. I'm a Scythian and I don't have to take any crap from a lousy Phoenecian."

ricpic म्हणाले...

In fact the Spartans kicked Thracian ass and every other Greek ass on the Peloponesse for over a hundred and fifty years. Maybe Thracians kicking Spartan ass refers to when they finally shaped up under Philip of Macedon, Alexander's father, very late in the Greek game.

MrCharlie2 म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
MrCharlie2 म्हणाले...

boffin=under-class english for someone who knows things

Synova म्हणाले...

Ah... I got "boffins" but had to read a bit further to realize that I had the meaning of "chuffed" opposite of what it is.

Beau म्हणाले...


Chuffed= Thrilled to bloody bits.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Blogger Beau said...


Chuffed= Thrilled to bloody bits.
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The definition must have evolved. I remember it as = irritated.