Slayer Speak - Buffy Words

Word/Phrase	Meaning
astral projection	the theory that while one sleeps one has another body -- an astral body -- that can travel through time and space.
carbon dated	Really old.
drama queen	Someone who goes in for long, melodramatic explanations, like Giles.
elsewhere to be	Other engangement (far away). Usage: "Don't you have an elsewhere to be?"
Epstein-Barr	An illness that nobody cool has anymore acording to Cordelia.
Evita-like	Self-centered.
Excorsist twist	Full turn of the head
feeding	Drinking blood; a vampire's only means for survival.
fess up	Own up.
five by five	Fine, OK
fray-adjacent	Outside of the fighting.
Free, A	A free period.
game face	The face a vampire has when the feed is upon them.
Gandhi	Innocent, peacefull person.
gathering	Brie, mellow song styling
Gene and Roger	Unsolicited criticism
get gone	Disappear, go.
happy	Usage: "It gives me a happy" (ie It makes me happy.).
happy meal on legs	What Spike thinks people are.
harvest	a night once in a century when a Master Vampire can draw power from one of his minions while it feeds.
host	The person off whom the vampire feeds.
jump off that bridge when I come to it	Buffyism for "cross that bridge when I come to it". Usage: "I'll just jump off that bridge when I come to it."
kissage	Kissing.
master	The most powerful of vampires, capable of destroying the earth.
minion	a follower of the Master Vampire
missage	Feeling of regret at the absence or loss of somebody/something.
Miss Edith	Drusilla's doll
MOO	Mothers Opposed to the Occult.
Mr. Caution Man	Giles.
Mr. Gordo	Buffys Stuffed Pig
Mr. Pointy	Kendra's lucky stake.
non-budger	Person who doesn't budge.
pre-posy	Early stage of a relationship before flowers.
Razorbacks	The Sunnydale High football team.
Ripper	Giles' nickname from when he was in England.
Romany	Gypsy
round robin	When everybody call's everybody else's parent's and tell them they are sleeping over at everyone's house.
Sabrina	Witch
salty goodness	Male treat to the eyes.
Scooby Gang	Buffy and the Slayerettes.
scully	To give a scientific explenation to a paranormal phenomenon. Homage to Dana Scully in "The X-files".
Sesame Street	Something so simple a child could understand it.
shindig	Dip, less mellow song styling, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage.
sitch	Situation
slayage	Slaying
Slayerettes	Buffy's friends who help her with her slaying.
Slayer kryptonite	Xander's explenation for Buffy's loss of powers in "Helpless". Kryptonite is the only thing that can harm Superman.
Stealth Guy	Angel, refering to his ability to appear and disappear without a sound.
Sunset Club	Where the vampire wannabees met.
techno pagan	Modern equivalent to a watcher on the Internet. What Jenny said she was.
Three	A gang of very proud and strong warrior vampires.
�bersuck	Major bummer.
vague up	Make more unclear (sarcastic). Usage: "Can you vague that up for me?"
Vamp	Vampire
vamp out	The act of putting on the game face.
Vampire Meals-On-Wheels	A medical transport delivering the monthly supply of blood to the hospital.
Vampyr	One of Giles' books which he shows to Buffy when she comes to Sunnydale.
slayer	a girl born once every generation with the strength and skill to hunt vampires, find them where they gather and stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers.
vampire	Demonic creatures who live off the blood of humans; a vampire appears to be a normal person until the feed is upon them -- only then do they reveal their true demonic visage.
vessel	a minion, bearing a three-pointed symbol, which can give the Master Vampire power by feeding.
wacky	Crazy stuff. Usage: "Love makes you do the wacky." Crazy. Usage: "I'm just wacky that way."
watcher	person who finds the Slayer and leads her on her path; it is his destiny to guide the Slayer.
Watcherless and fancy-free	Faithism for footloose and fancy-free, meaning that a Slayer is free to do what she wants while her Watcher is away.
Watchers' Council	An organition of Watchers.
Watcher's retreat	Yearly gathering of Watchers in the Cotswalds. It's a great honor to be invited.
werewolf	A werewolf is a potent extreme representation of our inborn animalistic traits that emerges for three full consecutive nights: the full moon and the two nights surrounding it. It acts on pure instinct. No conscience, predatory and aggressive
wig (out)	Freak out.
wiggins	The creeps.
yester	Over, history.
Yoda	Mentor. Homage to the Star Wars charater Yoda.
Zeppo	The fifth wheel. Zeppo was the fifth Marx brother.
zombie	Dead people who have been supernaturally reanimated, not to be confused with vampires. The mask that holds the power of the zombie demon Ovu Mobani can turn dead people into zombies.

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