Slayer Slang
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| Author | Michael Adams |
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| Subject | Buffyverse |
| Genre | academic publication, Media Study |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
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Publication date
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July 1, 2003 |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 0-19-516033-9 |
| OCLC | 51769230 |
| 791.45/72 21 | |
| LC Class | PN1992.77.B84 A34 2003 |
Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon is an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.
Book description
A distinguishing feature of the series Buffy was the way in which the show's writers play with language: making new words, changing existing ones, and turning common usage around. Michael Adams argues this creates a resonant lexicon reflecting power in both youth culture and television on the changes in American slang.
Contents
Michael Adams starts the book with a synopsis of the program's history and a defense of ephemeral language. The main body of the work is the detailed glossary of slayer slang, annotated with dialogue. The book concludes with a bibliography and a lengthy index, a guide to sources (novels based on the show, magazine articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes.
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"Introduction" (by Jane Espenson) |
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"Slayer Slang" |
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"Making Slayer Slang" |
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"Studying the Micro-Histories of Words" |
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"Ephemeral Language" |
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"Slayer Slang: Glossary" |
Glossary examples
A few examples from the Slayer Slang glossary:
- bitca n
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- Willow
- I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?
- Giles
- (interrupting before Willow finishes the "h") can Willow, I think we're all a little old to be spelling things out.
- Xander
- A 'bitca'?
— Written by Joss Whedon, "When She Was Bad" (15 September 1997), p. 142
- break and enterish adj suitable for crime
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- Buffy
- I'll go home and stock up on weapons, slip into something a little more break and enterish.
— Written by Doug Petrie, "Enemies" (16 March 1999), p. 145
- carbon-dated adj very out of date
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- Buffy
- Deal with that outfit for a moment.
- Giles
- It's dated?
- Buffy
- It's carbon-dated.
— Written by Joss Whedon, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" (10 March 1997), p. 160
- cuddle-monkey n male lover
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- Xander
- Every woman in Sunnydale wants to make me her cuddle-monkey.
— Written by Marti Noxon, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" (10 February 1998), p. 166
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