buffy

[buhf-ee]

adjective

1. buff-colored.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buffy¹

buff ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Since the release of “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” in 1992, TV showrunners and filmmakers ran with the whole dreamy vamp thing for years, sure, and there’s no sign of it stopping, but past the heyday of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Twilight,” we now have Skeet Ulrich as Billy Loomis in “Scream,” and, my personal favorite, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren in the most recent block of “Star Wars” films to lust over.

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To declare Naru to be the start of a trend of non-white women being featured in parts to rival “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Hanna,” or “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” would be wildly optimistic.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 593 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, a Democrat from Oakland, that forbids state and local departments from sharing sensitive personal data to increase food stamp enrollment.

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In the recent reboot of “The Naked Gun,” Liam Neeson’s character loses his cool after he discovers Pamela Anderson’s character connected his TiVo to the internet, wiping saved episodes of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” from the device.

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I just wrapped the pilot on the new “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” series, which is set 25 years later.

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