Chandler Public Library becomes the Hellmouth for a day when Buffyphiles and Scooby wannabes meet for A Gathering of Watchers, a Celebration of the Slayer, on Saturday.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will meet from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for festivities that include a Buffyverse costume and look-alike contest, trivia and art contests, writing and poetry contests, and screenings of some of the best episodes from the show's seven seasons.
Keynote speaker is The Republic's TV critic and A-No. 1 Buffy fan, Bill Goodykoontz. Don't expect him to come in costume.
The event, sponsored by the library and the Friends of the Chandler Public Library, is free at 22 S. Delaware St.
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In the meantime, here's a primer on Buffy speak, just so you don't embarrass yourself by confusing this hootenanny with a shindig:
Mix and match speech
In Buffy speak, adjectives often become nouns; and nouns become adjective-, verb- and adverb-ized. Love makes you do "the wacky"; an identity-theft victim becomes "single White femaled"; an unattractive person is "dogly"; Buffy's temporarily judgment-impaired mother gives her daughter the car keys, and "voila: driviness."
Buffy grammar
The: Turns adjectives and adverbs into nouns. The funny. The crazy. Makes "What's up" into "What's the up?" (See "Mix and match speech.")
-age: Use it as a suffix. Killing a vampire is slayage; the chemistry that results between two healthy young people is sparkage and may result in kissage.
Much: An intensifier, as in "pathetic much?" "All" does the same thing ("You're all bad-moody").
Sunnydale slang
Vamp, overbite, undead American: Vampire.
Happy Meal with legs: Vamp-speak for a human.
Dust: Kill a vampire.
Mr. Pointy: Buffy's favorite stake.
Pointy: The opposite of pointed, as in an argument.
The Big Bad: The übervillain of each season. Big Bads have included the Master, the Mayor and even Willow and Angel.
Gathering: Friends get together for Brie and mellow song stylings.
Shindig: A medium-intensity gathering with less mellow song stylings; dip and malt beverages are often served.
Hootenanny: A party chock-full of hoot, with just a little bit of nanny.
Use these rules, along with a liberal sprinkling of pop-culture references and a dash of sarcasm, and you won't be able to stop this crazy whirligig of fun.
For more linguistic tidbits, see the Buffyverse database here.
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