Buffyverse
US/ˈbʌfiˌvɝs/
Buffyverse proper noun: the fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Proper noun
the Buffyverse
- The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS) is a televisual artifact that contains apocalyptic rhetoric in most episodes—apocalyptic in the sense that something is about to end in the Buffyverse, and rhetorical in the sense that something is going to change in the Buffyverse.2009, Kylo-Patrick R. Hart, Annette Holba, Media and the Apocalypse, page 77
- In the Buffyverse, we encounter a true representation of shared power, of partnered power. Further, the “bad guys” are not the only paradigms of patriarchy in the Buffyverse that are overcome.2009, Kevin K. Durand, It's All about Power, in Kevin K. Durand (editor), Buffy Meets the Academy: Essays on the Episodes and Scripts as Text, Part I: Power and the Buffy Canon, page 46
- Synonyms:
- Buffydom
Synonyms of Buffyverse
Origin of Buffyverse
From Buffy + -verse.
Questions about Buffyverse
- What does Buffyverse mean?
- Buffyverse means the fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- What part of speech is Buffyverse?
- Buffyverse is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Buffyverse?
- Buffyverse is pronounced /ˈbʌfiˌvɝs/ (US).
Words near Buffyverse in the dictionary
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