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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First coined in 1998 in the episode Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, season two of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Noun[edit]
- A major adversary or antagonist of a piece of fiction.
- 2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian[1]:
- Charlie, now menacingly equipped with a bionic arm, is these days in the service of new pantomime big bad, Poppy Adams, played with lysergic glee by Julianne Moore.