buffty — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An old and eccentric academic.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

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

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

   More examples (1)

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

2. A homosexual.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • Derogatory
   • Slang

   Examples

   You know who I am buffty.

   Are ye calling me a buffty?

   More examples (2)

   must be a closet buffty then

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

3. Someone or something weak or effeminate.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • broadly
   • Slang

   Examples

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