buffty

plural buffties

1. slangAn old and eccentric academic.

   'Jolly good, Oxford!' shouts one old buffty.

   2010, James Livingston, David Livingston, Blood over Water, →ISBN, page 25

   2 more examples

   I suspect there is a hidden strata of young architectural talent which dismisses the RSA as a remote and fusty collection of old buffties.

   1992, The Architects' Journal - Volume 195, Issues 18-25, page 57

   And I may add old buffties like me who have forgotten some of it and could do with the reminding!

   2006, The Structural Engineer

2. ScotlandderogatoryslangA homosexual.

   You know who I am buffty.

   1999 April 21, Hail mail, “IMPORTANT!!”, in alt.sports.soccer.celtic (Usenet)

   3 more examples

   Are ye calling me a buffty?

   1999 July 9, [LSoG]Hesitator, “Action Q2”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet)

   must be a closet buffty then

   1999 November 23, David Jenkins, “The best players are ?”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic (Usenet)

   "He is Awfull, but I like him" in buffty voice

   2001 February 15, Andy W, “Big numptie”, in uk.sport.football.scottish (Usenet)

3. ScotlandbroadlyslangSomeone or something weak or effeminate.

   And it's not like she's a buffty either. She kicked the shit out of a moggy twice her size last night.

   2001 May 29, SadKate, “Swifts”, in alt.usenet.legends.duab (Usenet)