Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?

A humorous and annoying way to answer a phone call. The phrase derives from the movie "Elf," and is often used to keep telemarketers from calling a person's house, although this is not the phrase's only use. A twist between a prank call and an answering machine, the phrase is popular on sites such as MyLifeIsAverage.com.
NOTE: "Buddy the elf" is said as the name of the receiver, not the caller.

*phone rings*
Receiver: Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?
Telemarketer: Uh...
*Telemarketer hangs up and never calls the house again*

Alternate response:
*phone rings*
Receiver: Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?
Receiver's friend/Caller: Black.
Receiver: Black isn't a color, it's a shade.
*argument about if black is a color*

by RC Michaels December 21, 2010

Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?

The best way to answer the phone, from the Christmas movie Elf

I got a scam call so I answered the phone with "Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?"

by Jezij December 18, 2018

you've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for

This is commonly used once someone finds two words that rhyme, and make it into the "elf on the shelf" format.

Guy: You've heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for..
*a picture of Shrek on a deck*
Guy 2: that's clever

by extreme coughing November 16, 2018

elf bar american gothic

that emma chamberlain sadness in the eyes but even more lesbian than billie eilish

he got that sadness in his eyes that u only see in elf bar american gothic porn

by busybrat July 6, 2024

Cuck Elf

An individual who spends days serving the public but in a very submissive way. The power bottom of the culture barrel if you will.

“Hey, that store manager who goes above and beyond to satisfy his boss is a real cuck elf, always trying to make everyone else so happy all the time.

by Father McKinley March 26, 2024

sick fuck elf

A sick fuck elf is one nasty little cunt. Usually can be used along with the term Asshat. Derived from the "Warhammer" series and made popular by James Buddy.

"Man that guy is a sick fuck elf"
"What a bunch of sick fuck elves"

by Official_WhaleWatchers October 9, 2017

ELF

ELF or elf - short form/acronym used in text and social media posts to stand in for “ever-living fuck”, an amplification of the more common “af” and “wtf” acronyms. The “af” form can be altered thusly: aelf. The “wtf” like so: wtelf.

What the elf is this??? Why in the elf are there so many definitions for Santorum? That is confusing aelf.

by SpaceProphet January 1, 2018