soy banter

English

Etymology

Blend of soy boy +‎ banter.

Noun

soy banter (uncountable) (Internet slang, derogatory)

  1. Synonym of Buffyspeak (“jocular and irony-laden style of film and TV dialogue pioneered by Joss Whedon”).
    • 2019 November 25, @cushbomb, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 25 November 2019:
      The Soy Banter (TM @fender_splendor) 'jokes' in these and Marvel movies are all just variations on the line: "Okay, so I guess THIS is happening..."
    • 2021 December 11, @Dok845, Twitter‎[2], archived from the original on 11 December 2021:
      Everything having Joss Whedon soy banter sucks, but it's also gonna suck 5-10 years from now when the backlash hits and all genre stuff will be a Villeneuve riff with zero jokes allowed.
    • 2022 June 28, hotdrinkformat34, r/redscarepod‎[3], archived from the original on 14 April 2024, comment section of "Things you hate from the past decade? (2010s)":
      the quippy soy banter that started in Marvel movies and has permeated all movies/TV.
      [user Reindeeraintreal's quote reply:] The Joss-Whedon-inification of culture.
    • 2023 January 25, Dani Di Placido, “The Backlash Against ‘Forspoken,’ Explained”, in Forbes‎[4], archived from the original on 25 January 2023:
      most of the attention the game has received focuses on the game's "Whedonesque" dialogue, also known as "soy banter."
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