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Buffalo

The term used in the gay community to describe a boy or man (often teenage or young adult) who dresses up as a girl, frequently appearing in public or posting online pictures of themselves dressed as a female.

Unlike real transsexuals, and unlike drag queens, buffalos do not dress up for comic effect or from real belief they should be a girl. The exact reason varies with the person, but it tends to be from a mistaken belief that to be beautiful one must emulate "classical beauty", i.e. femininity.

Buffalos therefore often have deep self-image issues which manifest as dressing as something "beautiful", often coupled with a facade of overconfidence or swagger. Buffalos crave the attention given to their new "beautiful" appearance.

The term "buffalo"is derived from "Buffalo Bill", the tortured character in the movie "The Silence of the Lambs" who famously dresses up as a woman while saying "would you do me? I'd do me".
"I went to that new gay club and it was full of buffalos!"
by T-Two February 17, 2012
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Buffalo

Noun: Any one of a number of bovine mammals, such as the African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) or the American Bison / American Buffalo (Bison bison).

Buffalo can be plural as well as singular.

Verb: To intimidate, cow, or baffle.

Proper Noun (Place): There are many, many places called Buffalo. The most famous of these is Buffalo, New York, in the United States.

Note: It's a stretch, but the word could be taken as an adjective, as in:
"George Romero is totally buffalo."

Due to these many meanings, the example below is a grammatically correct, full sentence. If you consider the word an adjective, you'd be able to lengthen it.
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
by Cobb's the name. July 6, 2011
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Buffalo

A derogitory term for someone of flemish (belgium) decent.
That buffalo makes good waffles
by Vincent June 3, 2004
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Buffalo Squeeze

A pose struck by an ecdysiast ('stripper' to you) in which the arms are crossed below the breasts, emphasizing their cleavage and extension.
"Pasties and a g-string, beer and a shot, Portland through a shot glass and a Buffalo Squeeze" --Tom Waits
by comatus September 27, 2011
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South Buffalo

Bunch of witchcraft practicing

Rednecks who host opossum
Fights and put onions in their spaghetti .
South buffalo population 100 nuts

And 1 squirrel .
by Blu_leef January 15, 2023
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Shampoo a buffalo

When a dude has not had intercourse in so long that when he does his sperm will be equall to the amount needed to shampoo a buffalo!
When we get back from this road trip i gotsta have some sex! I got enough backed up to shampoo a buffalo!
by Drowning clown November 21, 2015
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Buffalo Black

The Buffalo Black is a regional phenomenon in the greater Buffalo, NY area where Caucasian women who have orange skin dye their hair pitch black.
She's the cutie over there with the Buffalo Black hair.
by Tpain88 May 18, 2017
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