boffo

How To Use boffo In A Sentence

• Blighty -- Britain; "'Bean' is one of the biggest hits to come out of Blighty." blurb -- TV commercial; "Ridley Scott started his career directing blurbs." boff (also boffo, boffola) -- outstanding (usually refers to box office performance); "'My Best Friend's Wedding' has been boffo at the B.O. Variety.com
• A boffo deal could unwind this relationship and give satisfaction to all concerned.
• Mr Feltri, who is leading an aggressive "counteroffensive" to "unmask" critics of scandals in Mr Berlusconi's private life, had unearthed a 2004 incident in which Mr Boffo paid a fine for alleged telephone harassment of the wife of an unnamed man whom Il Giornale claimed had been his gay lover, adding that he was a homosexual "known to the police for this kind of activity". Vatican succumbs to attack by Italian Government
• It's not as outlandish or as hilarious as many of tales of his boffo corruption.
• The film has won oodles of awards and done boffo box office in South Korea.
• [T] he films in this year's Oscar race seem to suggest the world is more globally unified and polyglot than ever before," writes Anthony's also got a followup entry at his blog: "[W] hat I neglected to mention in the story is that most of the films have not exactly done 'boffo' business. GreenCine Daily
• Because of the Vaughn boffo, they were passed on pursuing Vladimir Guerrero, the Montreal slugger who had back problems.
• If you've ever wondered why - when their line's fed several box office boffos (Spider-Man, X-Men, Blades I and II) in the past few years - Marvel Comics can remain in shaky financial straits, Deppey's ‘address’ gives a clue.
• The conventions work; they were boffo in sixteenth-century Italy, and they're boffo today.
• Here's hoping the subtlety won't be lost in the upcoming avalanche of boffo Christmas fare.