''Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon'' is a 2003 academic publication relating to the fictional
Buffyverse
The Buffyverse or Slayerverse is a Multimedia franchise, media franchise created by Joss Whedon. The term also refers to the shared fictional universe in which the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'' are ...
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
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based on the show,
magazine
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articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes.
Glossary examples
A few examples from the ''Slayer Slang'' glossary:
*bitca ''n''
*break and enterish ''adj'' suitable for crime
*carbon-dated ''adj'' very out of date
*cuddle-monkey ''n'' male lover
Books about the Buffyverse
American slang
2003 non-fiction books
Slang dictionaries
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