On 03/12/05, Howard Russell <howardrussell2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Rather than form a word from the combination of the character names (e.g.
Wiffy from WIllow buFFY) they took the name of their board, hence
"Kittens."
The Kitten board is quite closely linked to the 'willtara' mailing list
on Yahoo! Groups. The terms 'WillTara', 'WT', Wira and 'Tallow'
are often used to refer to the ship.
I've been involved with online Buffy fandom since 1999 and have only
really come accross terms like Wiffy, Fawn, Daffy, Tallow, Spander,
Spuffy, Bangel/Bungel, Spangel, Angarla Wuffara &c the last couple
of years (Spuffy was probably the first). The Kitten Board (or at
least the first incarnation of it, it's moved a few times over the
years due to problems with hosting) predates the use of such
contractions.
Stephen