ANNE RICE ROUTINE Vampire-with-a-tortured-soul actor Episode 15
ANYWHERE BUT HERE Fantasy game where players imagine an Elsewhere to Be (e.g., Buffy fantasizes about Bush singer Gavin Rossdale massaging her feet on a beach at sunset; Willow would be eating ziti in Italy with John Cusack) 20
(THE) AWKWARD SILENCE THING Dating hazard 25
BACKSEAT MOTHERING Unsolicited advice from non-parent 24
BAT SIGNAL Slayer code for distress signal, a la Batman and Robin 14
(THE) BIG HURT Slayer force; murder (''No way, nohow does Buffy put the big hurt on an innocent man'') 23
BOYFRIENDLY Worthy of dating exclusively 8
BREAK-AND-ENTERISH Comfortable slay wear 51
BUSINESS-CLASS TICKET TO COOL WITH COMPLIMENTARY MOJO AFTER TAKEOFF Benefits of being in a band, per Xander 47
CARBON DATED Beyond passe 1
(A) CARRIE Psycho prom moment in spirit of '76 horror flick 54
CHATTER IN THE CAF Widespread high school lunchroom gossip 1
CLOTHES FLUKE Kiss resulting from formal wear 39
COME AS YOU AREN'T Halloween 18
(THE) CREEPY Frightening (''How much the creepy is it that she's been spying on us?'') 11
(THE) CRYPTIC Manner of speaking without imparting information (''Stop with the cryptic -- you're scaring me'') 54
CYBERCOVEN Wired witches 45
DATEVILLE Early stage of a relationship, between Big Fun Group Town and Romantic Twosome Burg 16
DEBARGE Dorky, rolled-up-sleeves look of person (or vampire) stuck in the '80s; reference to defunct Motown act 1
DECAF LAND Calm realm between Comaville and Speedtown 20
DID WE FIND? Shorthand for ''Did you find it?'' 3
(THE) DIRE Urgent tone and expression (''What's the dire?'') 54
DR. LAURA FOR THE DECEASED Demon therapist in spirit of radio shrink Laura Schlessinger 31
DUMP-O-GRAM Kiss-off 41
DUST Stake a vampire; form that demon takes at death 2
(AN) ELSEWHERE TO BE Another engagement far away 1
EVITA-LIKE Self-centered, arrogant (e.g., Cordelia) 10
FANG GANG Vampires; also, Nasty-Pointy-Bitey Ones 7/19
FESTER FREE State of being relieved of silent seething 49
FIRE BAD, TREE PRETTY Buffy demonstrating her low-level brain function after a draining battle 55
FIVE BY FIVE Feeling no pain; aviation radio term favored by Faith
FRAY ADJACENT In the vicinity of the thick of things 47
FREAKSOME Worrisome 27
A FREE Study hall 8
FRUIT-PUNCH MOUTH Vampire with a blood mustache 12
FULL-ON EXORCIST TWIST Ability to turn one's head 360 degrees, a la praying mantises or Linda Blair 4
GEEK MACHINE Joyce Summers' totally uncool Jeep 40
GEEKER JOY Effusive feeling nerdy Willow gets when she's happy 23
GENE AND ROGER Unsolicited criticism such as that given by movie critics Siskel and Ebert 14
GOD'S GIFT TO THE BELL CURVE Longhand for moron 16
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