Buffista

English

Etymology

From Buffy +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

Buffista (plural Buffistas)

1. (slang) A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
   • 2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[1] (Usenet):

     > Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
     > ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.

   • 2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^[sic] there).

   • 2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:

     We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.

Synonyms

• Buffaholic, Buffian, Buffyholic, Buffyite

Hypernyms

• Whedonite