vampdom

English

Etymology

From vamp +‎ -dom.

Noun

vampdom (countable and uncountable, plural vampdoms)

The state or quality or being a vamp.
Synonym: vampiness
- 1959 June, Frederic Morton, “The Antic Arts: Gia Lollobrigida”, in Holiday‎^[1], volume 25, number 6, page 112:
  In the annals of vampdom nobody comes close to her in that respect, except, perhaps remotely, Ann Sothern in her Maisie phase.
- 1994, Barry Paris, Garbo: A Biography‎^[2], page 194:
  Now, arriving in the wilds of Argentina wearing a snazzy Parisian outfit, she gets down to the business of destroying every man in sight. Moreno, who had been trying hard to forget, confronts her with her vampdom.
- 2002, J. G. Ballard, Super-cannes‎^[3], pages 227-228:
  In one of the prints a stout blonde in a low-cut cocktail gown leaned towards the camera, lips parted in a parody of vampdom.
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The state or quality or being a vampire.
Synonyms: fangdom, vampiredom, vampirehood
- 2000, Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Maryelizabeth Hart, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide‎^[4], volume 2, page 168:
  But their vampire, Kralik, turns out to be insane. Restrained by Council members and dependent on the pills they dole out to him, he outsmarts his keepers and sires one into vampdom.
- 2007, Julie Kenner, Good Ghouls Do‎^[5], page 84:
  My bedroom is bright and airy. Or it was before the big change to vampdom. After that, I'd covered my windows with foil and thick green garbage bags, all of which is a real pain to take off.
- 2013, Dave Thompson, If You Like True Blood...Here Are Over 200 Films, TV Shows, And Other Oddities That You Will Love‎^[6], page 26:
  Bram Stoker is unquestionably the father of the modern vampire story, and Dracula is the seed with which he impregnated popular culture. But it is Varney, with his endless ambition, ruthless cruelty, guileless charm, and heartless romance, who truly stands at the apex of modern vampdom.
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