Word of the Week
(For the week of 29 October - 4 November 2017)
bof.fo.la n: an under-the-breath joke inducing laughter substantial enough to disrupt a large meeting/conference.
ex: "Professor Slutsky, describing a chemical covalency, stated, 'There's only one bond.', prompting the student to whisper 'James Bond', and the full 200-seat classroom burst into guffaws in response to the boffola that the professor in reality didn't himself hear."