What does 'buffy' mean?
STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY
I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as Buffy
and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her name.
James Moar
space to be safe...
Minor spoiler for "The Initative" below.
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In article <88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk>, sd...@aber.ac.uk (STEPHEN DANIEL
TITLEY) wrote:
The lines in question:
Forrest: "Check her out. Is she hot, or is she hot?"
Riley: "She's Buffy."
Forrest: "Buffy. I like that. The girl's so hot, she's Buffy."
Riley: "That's her name, Forrest."
I just thought Forrest's response meant "I don't know what that word means
exactly, but I like the sound of it."
--
James Moar
"Why do I even have to say it? Why do I have to say 'Get off the unique and
probably alien living plinth that zaps the unwary'?" - Jakita Wagner,
Planetary #4
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Yeah, Willow makes a joke about Buffy's name in 'Dopplegangland'.
Derek Travis
STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>
> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
Buffy
> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
name.
>
Buffy is a sterotypical name for a rich snob, which buffy begins as in the
Movie, the name just carried over to the tv show.
Chelsea Christenson
> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>
> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as Buffy
> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her name.
Forrest thought it was a newly created slang term for "babe." Probably because
the idea of a living female actually having the name "Buffy" was way too weird to
accept at face value.
Rob
STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk...
> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>
> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
Buffy
> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
name.
>
Maybe he made some mental connection with "in the buff", nude.
Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft. (Mental
picture : polish, rubbing, soft, sexy,..............have to stop because
it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to cool down)
Rob
Anthony Stephens
> Maybe he made some mental connection with "in the buff", nude.
> Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft. (Mental
> picture : polish, rubbing, soft, sexy,..............have to stop because
> it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to cool down)
Buffing Buffy.
Buffing Buff Buffy
Buffing Buffy in the Buff
Buffing Buff Buffy in the Buff
This is getting weird...
--
Anthony Stephens
Dark Knight Productions
http://www.Dark-Knight.com
Dawn Taylor
>STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
>88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk...
>> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>>
>> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
>Buffy
>> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
>name.
>>
>
>Maybe he made some mental connection with "in the buff", nude.
>Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft. (Mental
>picture : polish, rubbing, soft, sexy,..............have to stop because
>it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to cool down)
Oh, you cute furriners :-)
"Buff" is an American slang term for being physically fit. "He/she is
totally buff" would be a way of describing someone who is strong,
athletic and has a great physique. Working out a lot = "getting buff".
Has gotten into really great shape = "buffed up" or "buffed out".
So it makes sense that they might think "Buffy" was a slang nickname
for the Slayer.
Dawn
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Anthony Stephens <DarkK...@Dark-Knight.com> wrote:
> Buffing Buffy.
> Buffing Buff Buffy
> Buffing Buffy in the Buff
> Buffing Buff Buffy in the Buff
> This is getting weird...
>
*Getting* weird?
When ever I hear the name Buffy, I think of the rash of people I knew
in my childhood who named their cocker spaniels named "Buffy."
Buffing Barking Buff Buffy.
Bark Buffy, Bark Bark.
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Before you buy.
Seifer 'ik-word-gek-van-de-bus' Almasy
hope your not dutch, cause you would be a shame for our country.
Thank for spoiling who the S4 main villain is in your previous posting,
punk.
Marcus Seeck
dawn...@pacifier.com (Dawn Taylor) wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:23:05 +0100, "Rob" <r.z...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
> >STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
> >88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk...
> >> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a
name?
> >>
> >> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the
> >> slayer as Buffy and his friends seem to think the word was an
> >> adjective rather than her name.
> >>
> >
> >Maybe he made some mental connection with "in the buff", nude.
> >Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft.
> >stop because it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to
> >cool down)
>
> Oh, you cute furriners :-)
>
> "Buff" is an American slang term for being physically fit. "He/she is
> totally buff" would be a way of describing someone who is strong,
> athletic and has a great physique. Working out a lot = "getting buff".
> Has gotten into really great shape = "buffed up" or "buffed out".
>
> So it makes sense that they might think "Buffy" was a slang nickname
> for the Slayer.
>
> Dawn
>
oh goodie... after reading this thread I started to thing I started to
think that I got the meaning of "Buffy" completely wrong...
after all, wasn't there this 3rd season ep where Mr. whatshisname wimp
watcher (my apologies to all those who like his character) was
supervising the slayer training, and Willow commented, "You're pretty
buff, Buff." (and started giggling because she thought it was a rather
good pun...)
thanks for straightening this out, Dawn. :-)
Marcus.
--
The problem with not asking for anything in return
is that sometimes you don't get it.
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STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY
>
>'What does Buffy mean?' that must be the dummest question I ever heard. I
>hope your not dutch, cause you would be a shame for our country.
I thought it was a fairly resonable question, and since it's had so many
replies I think people agree with me.
No I'm not Dutch, I'm British.
>Thank for spoiling who the S4 main villain is in your previous posting,
>punk. (see:- Harmony:The Big Evil)
I DIDN'T. I simply pointed out my reasons for thinking Harmony shouldn't be the
main villan, I said at the end that I didn't know who the main villan was going
to be.
>
Mark
STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY wrote in message <88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk>...
>Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>
>I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
Buffy
>and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
name.
Buffy doesn't actually mean anything, but it's short for Elizabeth.
Elizabeth means beloved.
Pretty accurate. Xander loves her. Giles loves her, Angel, Riley and Willow
love her. And I think she's pretty special too.
Mark
Rob
Dawn Taylor <dawn...@pacifier.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
38b62931...@news.pacifier.com...
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:23:05 +0100, "Rob" <r.z...@zonnet.nl> wrote:
>
> >STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
> >88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk...
> >>
> >> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
> >Buffy
> >> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
> >name.
> >>
> >
> >Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft.
> >picture : polish, rubbing, soft, sexy,..............have to stop because
> >it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to cool down)
>
> Oh, you cute furriners :-)
>
> "Buff" is an American slang term for being physically fit. "He/she is
> totally buff" would be a way of describing someone who is strong,
> athletic and has a great physique. Working out a lot = "getting buff".
> Has gotten into really great shape = "buffed up" or "buffed out".
>
> So it makes sense that they might think "Buffy" was a slang nickname
> for the Slayer.
>
connection with the word "hot" .
I havn't seen the ep yet, I'm only basing this on the quote James Moar put
in his post. (Further back in this thread).
And by the way, how did you find out I am so terribly cute (and also a
foreigner). :-)
Rob
Rob
Anthony Stephens <DarkK...@Dark-Knight.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
38B39045...@Dark-Knight.com...
> Rob wrote:
>
> > Maybe he made some mental connection with "in the buff", nude.
> > Also "to buff up" means : to polish something with something soft.
(Mental
> > picture : polish, rubbing, soft, sexy,..............have to stop because
> > it's getting difficult to remain sitting....have to cool down)
>
> Buffing Buff Buffy
> Buffing Buffy in the Buff
> Buffing Buff Buffy in the Buff
> This is getting weird...
>
Rob
Rob
STEPHEN DANIEL TITLEY <sd...@aber.ac.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
88tnoj$t1a$1...@dyfi.aber.ac.uk...
> Does the word 'buffy' have any meaning in America beyond being a name?
>
> I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
Buffy
> and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
name.
>
So maybe Buffy neglected to take care of her skin. And also she has spent
way too much time in the dark. This made her look a bit pale. In some
light this might look as yellow. So he thought she looked like a cow.
Is this the one and only true explanation ? You tell me.
Rob
Rob
Mark <Ma...@Townsend70.freeserve.co.uk> schreef in berichtnieuws
890u0e$et9$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> >
> >I ask because in a S4 ep 'The Innitative' Riley refers to the slayer as
> Buffy
> >and his friends seem to think the word was an adjective rather than her
> name.
>
>
>
think or is this a normal way to shorten Elizabeth ?
I would think Liz would be the obvious shortened name.
So your queen might also be called Buffy by some people.
Or are you just pulling our leg ?
Rob
Paul McIntyre
> > Buffy doesn't actually mean anything, but it's short for Elizabeth.
> >
> Really ? I would never have guessed that. Is this just something you
> think or is this a normal way to shorten Elizabeth ?
> I would think Liz would be the obvious shortened name.
> So your queen might also be called Buffy by some people.
>
> Or are you just pulling our leg ?
>
> Rob
You can shorten Elizabeth to Liz, Libby, Lib Eliza, Beth, Liza and probably
some more. . .
but I've never heard that Buffy was short for it. . you learn something new
everyday. .
Paul Mc
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Dawn Taylor
>And by the way, how did you find out I am so terribly cute (and also a
>foreigner). :-)
Maaaaaagick.
john...@delphi.com
> ....
>You can shorten Elizabeth to Liz, Libby, Lib Eliza, Beth, Liza and probably
>some more. . .
>but I've never heard that Buffy was short for it. . you learn something new
>everyday. .
i will testify that my mother's younger sister who had difficulty in saying
elizabeth <my mother's actual given name>, was said to have came out
with 'lizabuf' which gave rise in the family to 'bufbuf.'
as always, your milage will vary according to property taxes.
John Baker
says...
> Really ? I would never have guessed that. Is this just something you
> think or is this a normal way to shorten Elizabeth ?
> I would think Liz would be the obvious shortened name.
> So your queen might also be called Buffy by some people.
You have to think like a three-year-old, which is easier for some of us
than others, thank you very much:
Elizabeth
Niv a beff
Livabef
beff
buff
buff..y
canyadigitman?
Josephine Bennion
WHY IS BUFFY SO
SEXY..........................................................
Hall
Josephine Bennion <josephin...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>
> WHY IS BUFFY SO
> SEXY..........................................................
WHY IS YOU SHOUTING?
wildw...@freewwweb.com
wrote:
'CAUSE BUFFY IS SO SEXY!!
El Freakface del East Coast
AND STOP THE SHOUTING !!!
El Freakface del East Coast
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Cordelia: God! Is that all you ever think about? ... Okay.
- "Ted"
Clogar
>
> WHY IS BUFFY SO
> SEXY..........................................................
Because every man wants an athletic, sexy, physically strong
woman that is relatively easy to get into the sack and lets herself
be emotionally controlled by the men in her life? Pigs! ;P
-= Clogar