Mofftiss

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proper noun

The creative duo of screenwriters Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. slanglifestyleThe creative duo of screenwriters Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.

    Mofftiss created masterpiece reinvention of the classic Conan-Doyle sleuth Sherlock Holmes got twisted into the hideous 'Elementary,' […]

    2013, Nick Carter, "Remade in America", 1624, Issue 1, Spring 2013, page 6
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    Rathbone was a perfect Holmes. Unfortunately, those films were ruined for me by Nigle Bruce's Watson, who started a tradition of 'stupid Watson' that made some people think the original character was like that. Thank Mofftiss they didn't go that way for Sherlock.

    2012 January 12, Diane L., “Re: Wales Today Poll on Best Ever Sherlock Holmes”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet)

    On Amazon, shoppers can already pre-order the complete third season on DVD — even though the episodes haven’t been screened yet and all that has been keeping Sherlock obsessives sane is a few snippets in a BBC teaser trailer. The site is also allowing customer reviews, so fans have piled in to give their fictitious accounts. So, er, fake spoiler alert! […] Another reviewer agreed with that judgment — but for rather different reasons: “This should at least be an 18,” writes someone passing themselves off as David Tennant. “Mofftiss made Johnlock a reality, and almost every scene involved rampant gay sex. I loved it, but I’m not sure it’s suitable for the little ones.”

    2013 September 9, Rosamund Urwin, “Cumberfiction: the Sherlock fans 'reviewing' the new series before they've seen it”, in London Evening Standard

Origin

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Mofftiss. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mofftiss

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