"Buffy - the spell of the demons" is one of the best series of the 1990s and early 2000s for some. The first episode ran on March 10, 1997 through the US television screens.
In many ways, Buffy was a pioneer - also in the use of a certain word that could only make it through the growing spread and popularity of the Internet in our general use of language: the wordGoogle
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"Did you google her?"
Buffy's girlfriend Willow Buffy asked the question in the fourth episode of the seventh season »Help«. In it, Buffy hits a girl who thinks he will have to die soon.
What seems quite normal today was a real university to broadcast the episode 2002, at least on TV. The word had already arrived in language use, supposedly Google co-founder Larry Page even used it since 1998.
Charles Arthur, drums highDigital WarsHowever, claims that this is the first use of the verb "google" in common pop culture. This is taken up by the news page, among other thingsNews.comthat quotes that book.
We have been using the verb »googling« in Germany for quite a long time. According to Duden, it means »search with Google® on the Internet, research«.
It has been there for 21 years: in 2004 the publisher recorded the word in the Duden in accordance withPC Welt, precisely because the vernacular used it so often.
More trivia to Buffy
The series is not only popular, but also has all sorts of interesting facts to offer, especially when it comes to the figure Spike, popular with fans.
So writesIMDBFor example, that the iconic leather coat of the vampire cost $ 2,000. In order to make the garment look even more rocked, those responsible probably let a truck drive over several times.
Spike actor James Marsters was also a fan of the series and only read his places in the script so as not to spoil himself.
We have more trivia in stock:
- The computer effect, which let vampires crumble to dust, cost $ 5,000 at the time.
- Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds should actually play Buffy's best friend Xander. He declined because he himself had bad experiences as a high school student.
- Leading actress Sarah Michelle Gellar deliberately stayed out of the spotlight during the shooting so that the younger spectators would not see any pictures of Buffy while drinking or smoking.
After the end of the series in 2002 it was not yet over with Buffy.Among other things, comics followed that continue the story around the vampire hunter.
, in which Sarah Michelle Gellar should also be involved. The streaming service Hulu has therefore commissioned a pilot sequence. It remains to be seen whether a new series can generate the same hype today as the original.
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