It was far from an awful "meet cute"
When he sparred with a boffin-made brute
For extending his hand
Didn't end as he'd planned
And his arm was torn off at the root.
Lionel Atwill as Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein (1939). A boffin is a stock character in UK culture: a scientist, engineer, or other person engaged in technical or scientific research. It's one of several words I've learned from Scottish LimerWrecker David Cairns.
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