Joss

joss jøss English + (name) Etymology en eponyms Verb usage evolved from the name of en Joss Whedon, creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (TV series) Angel, and Firefly (TV series) Firefly. Pronunciation en ɒs ɔːs 1 Proper noun es en unisex en female Jocelyn. en male Joseph. en. Derived terms en Jossverse Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Joss is the 32632nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 704 individuals. Joss is most common among White (95.74%) individuals. Verb en TV Tropes slang en fandom transitive To invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning. en 25 December 2000 Shanna Holiday at the Hyperion (2/2) http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative/msg/3f505ec703ca6733?hl=en-GB&dmode=source alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative 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. en 20 October 2001 Sarah Trombley Re: Cut Scenes from Carpe Noctem Script http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.angel/msg/a98a6d228b97a42b?hl=en-GB&dmode=source alt.tv.angel 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. en 5 December 2005 heidi8 [username] New Essay Archive at HPInkPot.com http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.harry-potter/msg/57334eb455677685?hl=en-GB&dmode=source alt.fan.harry-potter Even if your pet subject was "Jossed" by HBP (in other words, your theorizing was annihalated 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. en