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The sentence "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a real sentence. To achieve this, it has three different meanings/uses of the word "buffalo." They are:

1) adjective: relating to the city of Buffalo, New York.
2) noun: the animal called buffalo in the plural form, which are nearly synonymous with bison.
3) verb: the word "buffalo", which means "to confuse or intimidate," (i.e., to scare somebody).

Let's first parse the sentence:
"Buffalo (a) buffalo (n) Buffalo (a) buffalo (n) buffalo (v) buffalo (v) Buffalo (a) buffalo (n)", where "a" is adjective, "n" is noun, and "v" is verb.

The sentence means "The bison from Buffalo confuse other bison from Buffalo who confuse the bison from Buffalo."

This is a very difficult sentence for several reasons:
1) There is no punctuation, especially with the restrictive clause in the middle
2) Buffalo as a verb is not widely used
3) Buffalo in plural form can also be "buffaloes"

Let's go step-by-step:
First, look at the simplest form of the sentence without all the modifiers and the restrictive clause. That gives you "buffalo buffalo buffalo," or (bison intimidate bison).

Then add the adjectives that tell you where the bison are from: bison from the city of Buffalo.
That gives you Buffalo buffalo and more Buffalo buffalo, or Buffalo bison intimidate Buffalo bison.

Finally, you add the trickiest part—a restrictive clause in the middle that tells you the first group of New York bison are themselves tricked by bison from the same town.

Remember, a restrictive clause (or essential clause) is an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of a sentence because it limits the thing it refers to. Yet because restrictive clauses are essential, they are not set off by commas. This is why there is no punctuation.

Let’s keep going:
New York bison [that are] intimidated [by other] New York bison [also themselves] intimidate [other] New York bison.

Or look at it this way:
Bison from New York (that New York bison intimidate) intimidate New York bison.

Let's tighten it up:
[Those] (Buffalo buffalo) [whom] (Buffalo buffalo buffalo) buffalo (Buffalo buffalo).

Or maybe this way works for you?
[Those] buffalo(es) from Buffalo [that are intimidated by] buffalo(es) from Buffalo intimidate buffalo(es) from Buffalo.