vampiroid

English
A vampiroid wearing plastic fangs and makeup.

Etymology

vampire +‎ -oid, coined by Stephen Kaplan (paranormal investigator).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvæm.paɪ.əˌɹɔɪd/

Noun

vampiroid (plural vampiroids)

  1. A person who emulates what they consider to be a vampire's lifestyle.
    • 1989, Brian J. Frost, The Monster with a Thousand Faces:
      His estimate of the number of vampiroids — people who think they are vampires, or have similar characteristics — is less precise, but he reckons there are between 10,000 and 20,000 resident in North America […]
    • 2002, Antonio Mendoza, Teenage Rampage: The Worldwide Youth Crime Explosion, page 167:
      A vampiroid is a human who embraces and identifies with what he or she assumes is a vampiristic lifestyle based largely on what is depicted in films and literature. Vampiroids become totally seduced by the vampire mythology […]

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