glampire

glampire

English

Etymology

Blend of glam +‎ vampire.

Noun

glampire (plural glampires)

1. (slang, sometimes used attributively) a glamorous or beautiful vampire; a person who pretends to be a vampire
   • 2009, Aaron Mesh, "Women Who Run With the Werewolves: New Moon Reviewed", Willamette Week, 19 November 2009:

     Well, it's basically a supernatural Dawson's Creek—a humiliatingly addictive soap opera in the meadows, with glampire Edward (Pattinson) as Dawson and Native American beefcake Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as Pacey.

   • 2011, Hannah Jayne, Under Wraps, Kensington Books (2011), →ISBN, page 171:

     “Because they couldn't even tell a real vampire from a glampire. Lucy didn't know anything.”

   • 2011, Drew Magary, The Postmortal, Penguin Books (2011), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     […] Anyway, you have to go to Annandale today. It's your cure day surprise. You get to kill a glampire."

     "Christ. One of those vampire poseurs?"

     "Oh yes. With the white face paint and dopey satanic rituals and everything. […]

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:glampire.

See also

• sparklepire