true-crime buffs

[Floratang]

Sorry, true-crime buffs. One of history's greatest "murder" mysteries may have just been laid to rest.

Please explain the phrase "true-crime buffs" to me, thanks!

[Conchita]

'Buff' is slang for 'enthusiast'.

True-crime buffs are people who show great interest in real crime stories.

[Alan]

Good word 'buff' isn't it? It can mean yellowish beige in colour, as a verb it can mean polish and the expression 'in the buff' means naked that is not wearing any clothes. And of course in the sentence above it means enthusiast.

They don't make words like that nowadays, do they?

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