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In some senses, buffyspeak is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
buffyspeak
noun 2
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4ADJ.
linguistic, other, reproduced
VERB + BUFFYSPEAK
interviews, say
BUFFYSPEAK + NOUN
creation
PREP.
in, in
Definitions
noun
1
The invented slang used by characters on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
As one would say in Buffyspeak, soak in the irony for a moment.
During "The Writing for Teens and Television" symposium, in an exchange about adolescent language, Whedon readily admits, as he has done in other interviews, that Buffyspeak was his creation and not intended to be mimetic.
2
A form of dialog in televised fiction, characterized by the use of vague slang and neologisms.
Jargon applies to things which would not be able to be described otherwise, except through Buffyspeak; in contrast, double-speak attempts to make things look better than they really are, and to hide the truth.
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As one would say in Buffyspeak, soak in the irony for a moment.
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During "The Writing for Teens and Television" symposium, in an exchange about adolescent language, Whedon readily admits, as he has done in other interviews, that Buffyspeak was his creation and not i
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The linguistic distinctiveness of Buffyspeak is not reproduced in the Italian version, where teenagers' speech style is, at most, characterized by an informality which does not have any particular con
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