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

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

elf freckle

The freckle on an elf's face.

Hey, did you see that elf freckle yesterday, when we went to that North Pole exhibit?

by One Hell Of A Butler July 16, 2017

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

Elf

someone who lives in Estonia or is ethnically Estonian

person 1: that guy over there is super short and has pointy ears. he looks like an elf
person 2: that's because he's estonian

by Denmark denier August 7, 2023