Buffaholic

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noun

A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounBuffaholic (plural Buffaholics)

plural Buffaholics

  1. slangA fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

    I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).

    2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet)
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    For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.

    1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet)

    I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.

    2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet)

    Synonyms: Buffista, Buffyholic, Buffian, Buffyite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Origin

  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔil-
  2. Biblical Hebrewאֵל (el)
  3. Biblical Hebrewנִשְׁבַּע (nishbá)
  4. Biblical Hebrewאֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾĕlîšeḇaʿ)
  5. Ancient GreekἘλισάβετ (Elisábet)
  6. Middle EnglishElizabeth
  7. EnglishElizabeth
  8. EnglishBuffy
  9. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  10. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  11. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  12. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  13. Medieval Latinalcoho
  14. Middle Englishalcofol
  15. Englishalcohol
  16. Englishalcoholic
  17. EnglishBuffaholic

From Buffy + -aholic.

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APA

Buffaholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buffaholic

MLA

“Buffaholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buffaholic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Buffaholic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Buffaholic.

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