Spikeophile

English

Etymology

Spike +‎ -o- +‎ -phile

Noun

Spikeophile (plural Spikeophiles)

1. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom slang) A fan of the character Spike from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
   • 1999 July 24, Lord Usher, “Re: Pure Demon theory”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[1] (Usenet):

     (The rabid Spikeophiles are expecially fond of it, as they use it to demonstrate that he's not a soulless demon like the rest of vampirekind.)

   • 2002 July 25, Clairel, “Re: New Fury interview: Spike & soul”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[2] (Usenet):

     If you mean that Spikeophiles are wrong to love this fictional character, well, that's just silly.

   • 2002 September 9, Ray Stark, “Re: Faith (S3) vs Buffy (S6)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[3] (Usenet):

     This all or nothing thinking is probably what causes the Spikeophiles and the anti-Spikists to go at each other so hard.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Spikeophile.