Buffydom

English edit

Etymology edit

Buffy +‎ -dom

Noun edit

Buffydom (uncountable)

(fandom slang) The fandom of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2002, Rachel Thompson, "Staking It To The Man", Herizons, Summer 2002, page 25:
  On the many chatrooms dedicated to Buffydom, fans refer to it as "the incredible shrinking Buffy," most evident during the fighting sequences, when Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double (who actually has curves) switches off not-so-seamlessly with Gellar.
- 2013, Liz Medendorp, “Buffyspeak: The Internal and External Impact of Slayer Slang”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 67:
  There are, however, strong roots in Valley Girl expressions and some slayer jargon has been established by both the show itself and the early years of Buffydom online.
- 2017, Anahid Kassabian, “Afterword”, in Paul Gregory Attinello, Janet K. Halfyard, Vanessa Knights, editors, Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 249:
  The current volume, however, is not only a major contribution to academic Buffydom.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Buffydom.
(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- 2000 December 16, Jerry McLaughlin, “Family”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[1] (Usenet):
  Is Tara the only human character in Buffydom who isn't an only child (not counting the special case of Dawn)?
- 2003 March 26, Dan Armato, “Re: 7th Season Buffy - Lies My Parents Told Me - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer‎^[2] (Usenet):
  If there is one thing that has been consistant^[sic] in Buffydom, it is that revenge is not a good thing.
- 2014, Lori M. Butler, “'The Ants Go Marching': Effective Lyrics in Buffy Episodes”, in Sally Emmons-Featherston, Jim Ford, editors, The Truth of Buffy: Essays on Fiction Illuminating Reality, page 121:
  Dawn and the others, much like ants, are oblivious to reality and live in the miniscule^[sic] world of Buffydom (the kingdom of the Slayer), just as we might find ourselves marching like ants through our own lives in mindless routine.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Buffydom.

Synonyms edit

(Buffy universe): Buffyverse

Hypernyms edit

(Buffy universe): Whedonverse