Whedonite
English
Etymology
Whedon + -ite
Pronunciation
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Noun
Whedonite (plural Whedonites)
- (slang) A fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
- 2011, Dean A. Kowalski; S. Evan Kreider, “Introduction”, in Dean A. Kowalski; S. Evan Kreider, editor, The Philosophy of Joss Whedon, The University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 5:
- 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; […]
- 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:
- 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, […]
- 2014, Ethan Alter, Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema, Praeger, published 2014, →ISBN:
- 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.
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Synonyms
- Whedonian
Hyponyms
- (Angel fan): Angelite
- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan): Buffian, Buffista, Buffaholic, Buffyholic, Buffyite
- (Firefly fan): Browncoat, flan