Mofftiss
English
Etymology
Blend of Moffat + Gatiss.
Proper noun
Mofftiss
- (fandom slang) The creative duo of screenwriters Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
- 2012 January 12, Diane L., “Re: Wales Today Poll on Best Ever Sherlock Holmes”, in rec.arts.drwho, Usenet:
- Rathbone was a perfect Holmes. Unfortunately, those films were ruined for me by Nigle Bruce's Watson, who started a tradition of 'stupid Watson' that made some people think the original character was like that. Thank Mofftiss they didn't go that way for Sherlock.
- 2013, Nick Carter, "Remade in America", 1624, Issue 1, Spring 2013, page 6:
- Mofftiss created masterpiece reinvention of the classic Conan-Doyle sleuth Sherlock Holmes got twisted into the hideous 'Elementary,' […]
- 2013, Rosamund Urwin, "Cumberfiction: the Sherlock fans 'reviewing' the new series before they've seen it", London Evening Standard, 9 September 2013:
- On Amazon, shoppers can already pre-order the complete third season on DVD — even though the episodes haven’t been screened yet and all that has been keeping Sherlock obsessives sane is a few snippets in a BBC teaser trailer. The site is also allowing customer reviews, so fans have piled in to give their fictitious accounts. So, er, fake spoiler alert!
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- Another reviewer agreed with that judgment — but for rather different reasons: “This should at least be an 18,” writes someone passing themselves off as David Tennant. “Mofftiss made Johnlock a reality, and almost every scene involved rampant gay sex. I loved it, but I’m not sure it’s suitable for the little ones.”
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