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名詞

buffty (複数形 buffties)

1. (slang) An old and eccentric academic.
   • 1992, The Architects' Journal - Volume 195, Issues 18-25, page 57:

     I suspect there is a hidden strata of young architectural talent which dismisses the RSA as a remote and fusty collection of old buffties.

   • 2006, The Structural Engineer:

     And I may add old buffties like me who have forgotten some of it and could do with the reminding!

   • 2010, James Livingston & ‎David Livingston, Blood over Water, →ISBN, page 25:

     'Jolly good, Oxford!' shouts one old buffty.

2. (Scotland, slang, derogatory) A homosexual.
   • 1999 April 21, Hail mail, “IMPORTANT!!”, in alt.sports.soccer.celtic, Usenet:

     You know who I am buffty.

   • 1999 July 9, [LSoG]Hesitator, “Action Q2”, in uk.games.computer.quake2, Usenet:

     Are ye calling me a buffty?

   • 1999 November 23, David Jenkins, “The best players are ?”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic, Usenet:

     must be a closet buffty then

   • 2001 February 15, Andy W, “Big numptie”, in uk.sport.football.scottish, Usenet:

     "He is Awfull, but I like him" in buffty voice

3. (Scotland, slang, by extension) Someone or something weak or effeminate.
   • 2001 May 29, SadKate, “Swifts”, in alt.usenet.legends.duab, Usenet:

     And it's not like she's a buffty either. She kicked the shit out of a moggy twice her size last night.