when a person with working class Irish Catholic roots gets a little taste of wealth and then tries to present themself to others as snobby, aristocratic and British in an attempt to appear more sophisticated than they really are. People with a severe case of this disease sometimes speak in bogus transatlantic accents. Named after William F. Buckley, pretentious host of the TV show Firing Line that ran for over 30 years.
Rick: hey, you wanna text Johnny to see if he's down to smoke some weed?
James: nah, he's got Buckley Syndrome ever since that ambulance chaser helped him win that lawsuit. He only smokes Benson and Hedges now.
James: nah, he's got Buckley Syndrome ever since that ambulance chaser helped him win that lawsuit. He only smokes Benson and Hedges now.
by ManHoodForReal72 December 13, 2023
Get the Buckley Syndromemug. an ambigous word: basically can mean literally anything. calling someone buckley can mean theyre being an annoying fat fucking idiot or a funny cutie pookie bear. Also is a term for Bucks as in the currency
by carleighbeann December 11, 2023
Get the Buckleymug. by ChickenTheBest January 13, 2019
Get the mark buckleymug. "Who's the hottest person in that new show your watching"
"Stranger Things?"
"Yeah that one"
"Robin Buckley 100%"
"Stranger Things?"
"Yeah that one"
"Robin Buckley 100%"
by kingfrog1227 March 7, 2023
Get the Robin Buckleymug. by Cam Buckley April 20, 2022
Get the Cam Buckleymug.