CHEAT SHEET INDEX

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER fans, Giles doesn't go around calling everyone he dislikes a "pillock." Don't limit his vocabulary; learn some British slang at sites like A DICTIONARY OF SLANG.

Visit Wikipedia for some samples of police jargon.

Go here for a dictionary of hard-boiled slang ala Bogart detective movies.


To absorb wisdom from Little Calamity's background notes on various cult TV shows, and occasionally find links to useful sites on said shows, click on the appropriate link below:

Action Shows in General

MAGNUM P.I.

MAN FROM ATLANTIS

QUANTUM LEAP

RIPTIDE

Western TV shows


Review helpful hints on HOW TO WRITE ALMOST READABLE FAN-FICTION.

Read stories about shows like these.

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