Slayspeak 101
the complete guide to Buffyisms


-age: suffix added to verbs for no particular reason. Usually replaces -ing. Also can be added to nouns to create verbs. Ex. "that vacuum has major suckage."
baddie: adj. One who is bad. Evil person.
bail: v. to leave suddenly. Ex. "I've gotta bail"
bitch of the year: n. position Cordelia and Buffy are vying for. Ex. "Are you campaigning for bitch of the year?"
book: v. leave quickly, get one's ass in gear. Ex. "I've gotta book if I want to make it to that funeral on time."
bosom friend: n. close friends, friend of your bosom.
brainsick: adj. Insane, looney. Ex. "I'm brainsick. I can't have a relationship with [Angel]"
Brook Sheilds: n. creature from the black lagoon.
buds: n, pl. friends. Ex. "My buds are here. I love my buds."
chick fight: n. kinda like a bitch fight, only less vulgar. Ex. Faith and Buffy engage in a chick fight
childhood trauma: n. problem, presently, or popping up from the past. Ex. "God! What's your childhood trauma?"
chocolatey goodness: n. anything chocolate. Ex. "someone else's loss is my chocolatey goodness."
country music: n. the music of pain
coffee: n. its not a date, it's a caffeineated beverage, the non relationship drink of choice.
doable: adj. Able to be done. Ex. Playing E flat diminished 9th is doable.
dust: v. to get rid of vampires. So called because its what they turn into. (pledge, anyone?)
Evita-like: adj. Hoity toity, stuck up, snooty. Ex. Cordelia Chase
five by five: adj. Cool. Ex. "it's okay that you just ate my mother. We're still five by five."
fluffy bunny feelings: n. sweet, nice, furry, warm feelings. Ex. "It's not like I have fluffy bunny feelings for them."
Freaky deaky: adj. Odd, ironic, funky, strangely strange.
fuddy-duddy: adj, n. stuffy git (sexy older librarian.) Ex. Giles
funky: adj. Odd, strange, weird. Ex. "Buffy's new haircut looks funky."
gathering: n. calm party with mellow song stylings and brie. Ex. A party Giles would throw
guy: n. platonic friend. Ex. "you're my guy friend that knows about girl stuff." "oh great, I'm a guy."
happy: n. a boner, tingly feeling; Adj. Pleasant, pleased as punch ex. "It gives me a happy."
hootenanny: n. a party "chock full of hoot with just a little bit of nanny."
honey: n, adj. very hot guy, babe. (also a sweet nectar produced by bees, but who really uses it that way?) Ex. "Wow! I never realized that Xander was a honey!" or "Oh, honey at six o'clock."
hottie: n,adj. see honey
ick factor: n. the degree of nastiness something contains. Ex. Drinking an entire gallon of gatorade without taking a breath has a high ick factor
idiot box: n. computer.
inner moppet: n. inner child. Ex. "Spank your inner moppet"
Joan Collins 'tude: adj. A bitchy attitude. ex. "What's with the Joan Collins 'tude?"
John Tesh: n. the devil
kiss of death: n. the words "have a great summer" when written in a high school year book.
linoleum: n. 1)a floor covering usually found in homes made in the '70's . 2) something that makes teenage boys horny.
maiden voyage: n. first date. Ex. "There is no other date. This is my maiden voyage."
major: adj. A lot, great amounts of, big, ect…
much: adj. A lot, bunches. Ex. "Morbid much?"
new girl/guy: n. plot device
nice teacher: n. bad guy/fodder
oogie: adj. bad feeling. Ex: Cordelia felt all oogie when the bug man rained on her.
one-Starbucks town: n. small town. Ex. Sunnydale.
overachiever: n. one universally disliked
resolve face: n. "You've seen it before, you know what it means"
scone: n. english tea biscut ex. "Blah blah, blabbity blah, I'm so stuffy, give me a scone."
shindig: n. a party, medium intensity, less mellow song stylings, dip and malt beverages are often served. Ex. College frat party before 9 pm.
sitch: n. situation, problem. Ex. "God, what's your sitch?" (most often used in the movie)
slayage: v. the act of slaying.
Slayee: n. one who is slayed.
slayerette: n. assistants to the slayer. Usually knocked unconscious, kidnapped, or are otherwise blundering. Ex. Xander, Willow, Oz, Cordelia
smoochie: n. kiss [pl, smoochies] ex. "I want smoochies"
studly: n, adj. see honey
testosterone: n. chemical found in guys, turns all men into morons.
that way: n. sexual. Ex. Xander doesn't think of Willow that way.
tragedy masks: n, pl. sad faces
ubersuck: n. a very large sucky person/place/thing. Ex. "it's the ubersuck."
undead: n, adj. Dead, yet still alive.
vampire: n. reanimated dead guy with an icky disposition and a craving for blood. Leaves really gross hickey.
wacky, the: n. irrational behavior, most frequently as a result of love. Ex. "Love makes you do the Wacky."
wiggins: n. creeps, ookie feelings (see def. for ookie), chills. Ex. "That walking dead guy gives me the wiggins"
wrinklies: n, pl. testicles, balls. Spike's got big ones.
yodel: n, v. a weird vocal sound; something you do in a graveyard to warn others that you're approaching.
zombie: n. an undead dude who acts alive, but more pissed off. Also, they like to eat brains.


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