buffy

[ buhf-ee ]

/ ˈbʌf i /

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adjective

buff-colored.

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Origin of buffy

You with Dark Angel and Sarah Michelle Gellar with Buffy were really the OGs when it comes to women kicking ass onscreen.
Jessica Alba on 'Sin City,' Typecasting, and How Homophobia Pushed Her Away From the Church|Marlow Stern|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And references to Trogdor the Burninator, are everywhere from sports nicknames to Buffy the Vampire slayer comics.
Homestar Runner, Trogdor the Burninator, and the Birth of the Internet|Rich Goldstein|April 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not only that, but one of my many dreams came true when I did a duet with the legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Sandi Thom On How To Make It As A Female Rock Star|Sandi Thom|April 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The next thing you see is, indeed, what would have happened to Sunnydale if Buffy, the vampire slayer, had never hit town.
Democrats’ Best Weapon for Midterms: Fear of a Red Senate|Michael Tomasky|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By 2002, Googling was so commonplace that it was mentioned in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Fact-Checking Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’: 10 Mistakes, False Statements, and Oversimplifications|Noah Charney|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When he does this, the player so found out becomes Buffy and takes his place.
The Book of Sports:|William Martin
The color of the eggs is buffy or brownish, blotched and spotted with lilac and shades of brown.
Western Bird Guide|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed, Harry F. Harvey, and Rex I. Brasher
Male with broad white tips to outer tail feathers; female with narrow buffy tips.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
Plumage metallic green and purple, heavily spotted above and below with buffy or white.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed
Eggs four to six in number; buffy white, streaked and blotched with brown.
Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies|Chester A. (Chester Albert) Reed