Whedonite

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noun

A fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.

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nounWhedonite (plural Whedonites)

plural Whedonites

  1. slangA fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.

    In this way, on the one hand, Whedonites can better appreciate Joss's corpus by examining how certain themes have continued and evolved post–Buffy the Vampire Slayer; […]

    2011, Dean A. Kowalski, S. Evan Kreider, “Introduction”, in Dean A. Kowalski, S. Evan Kreider, editors, The Philosophy of Joss Whedon, The University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 5
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    Unfortunately, this pop-culture reference was cancelled before most students even got their hands on the last edition of this textbook, and chances are that only the geekiest of Whedonites know anything about it, […]

    2012, Douglas A. Van Belle, A Novel Approach to Politics: Introducing Political Science through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture, CQ Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 7

    Devoted Whedonites (who are among the most passionate fan bases around) gave the 42-minute episode the full Rocky Horror treatment, including costumes, reenactments, and homemade props.

    2014, Ethan Alter, Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema, Praeger, published 2014, →ISBN

    Synonyms: Whedonian

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nounA fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.

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APA

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

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“Whedonite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Whedonite. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Whedonite,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Whedonite.

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