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buffery

noun

Etymology

From buff + -ery.

  1. derived from *bʰeyH-✻ — “to fear, to be afraid”
  2. inherited from *bubjaną✻
  3. inherited from byffan — “to mumble, mutter”
  4. inherited from buffen — “to stutter, stammer”
  5. suffixed as buffery — “buff + ery”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a buff or enthusiast

    The quality of being a buff or enthusiast; a keen interest in something; fandom.

    • The first phase was a sudden fashion among the film buffs, some of whom latched on to the picture with the enthusiasm that suggests that film buffery, that beguiling beacon of Sixties taste, has slid into some really desperate final phase.
    • What distinguishes a film buff from someone who simply loves going to the movies? Is buffery a hobby, a vocation, a stage of development or a pathology?

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA