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vampdar

noun

Etymology

From vamp (“a vampire”) + -dar.

  1. derived from avantpied
  2. derived from vampe
  3. inherited from vaumpe
  4. suffixed as vampdar — “vamp + dar”

Definitions

  1. The ability to detect whether or not a person is a vampire.

    • He could usually feel out vampires, but this big bad? Nothing. Not even a ping on the vampdar.
    • "Do you feel any more out there?" Charlie asked Stephanie. "Your vampdar is sharper than mine."
    • “Well, clearly my vampdar isn’t what I thought it was. Knew you were gay from that first encounter, had no idea you were undead.”

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA