Joss
proper nounverbattested in dialogue
A unisex given name A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.
proper noun
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A unisex given name A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.
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A unisex given name A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
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A surname.
Etymology
Verb usage evolved from the name of Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
verb
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slangTo invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning.
Author's note part 2: I'm leaving it to the imagination of the reader what Cordelia saw of her future. Writing that out would be asking to be Jossed.
I have this pet theory which will no doubt be Jossed (Greenwalted?) sooner or later. That Wes's dad is not a Watcher, but someone wealthy and financially connected with the Council (if they have all that influence, at least some of the people involved must know who they are)--in short, some kind of profiteer in the war against the forces of evil.
Even if your pet subject was "Jossed" by HBP (in other words, your theorizing was annihalated^([sic]) or impacted by a canon development) we'd love to have your archival works on HPInkPot - just select "pre-HBP" in the "when was this work written?" section.
Forms
- plural
- Josses
- past tense
- Jossed
- past participle
- Jossed
- present participle
- Jossing
- third person singular
- Josses
Joss · A unisex given name A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.
journal · A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel…journalism · The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or…journalist · The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.