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BOFH

BOFH is the initialism of bastard operator from hell.

Meaning of bastard operator from hell

Noun

bastard operator from hell (plural bastard operators from hell)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A rogue system administrator who abuses users of the system.
    Synonyms:
    BOFH

Forms of BOFH

pluralBOFHs

Questions about BOFH

What is BOFH the initialism of?
BOFH is the initialism of bastard operator from hell.

Words near BOFH in the dictionary

  1. boffo
  2. boffola
  3. boffolas
  4. boffos
  5. boffs
  6. BOFH
  7. BOFHs
  8. Bofill
  9. BofM
  10. Bofors gun
  11. Bofors guns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BOFH (page history and authors); bastard operator from hell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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