Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon
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| Author | Michael Adams |
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| Subject | Buffyverse |
| Genre | academic publication, Media Study |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
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Publication date
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July 1, 2003 |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 51769230 |
| 791.45/72 21 | |
| LC Class | PN1992.77.B84 A34 2003 |
Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon is an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.
A distinguishing feature of the series Buffy was the way in which the show's writers play with language: making new words, changing existing ones, and turning common usage around. Michael Adams argues this creates a resonant lexicon reflecting power in both youth culture and television on the changes in American slang.
Michael Adams starts the book with a synopsis of the program's history and a defense of ephemeral language. The main body of the work is the detailed glossary of slayer slang, annotated with dialogue. The book concludes with a bibliography and a lengthy index, a guide to sources (novels based on the show, magazine articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes.
A few examples from the Slayer Slang glossary:
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