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Publication date July 1, 2003 ISBN 0-19-516033-9 LC Class PN1992.77.B84 A34 2003 Subject Buffyverse | 3.9/5 Goodreads Pages 320 Dewey Decimal 791.45/72 21 Originally published 1 July 2003 Page count 320 OCLC 51769230 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Oxford University Press, USA Genres Academic publishing, Media studies Similar Michael Adams books, Buffy Summers books, Other books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon is an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Buffy and Angel.
Contents
Book description
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.
Contents
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.
Glossary examples
A few examples from the Slayer Slang glossary: