Vulgar Argot Angstburger: Over-the-top moping about one's vampiric condition. Usuage: "Dominic was chewing on a big old angstburger at the Goth club tonight." Apeshit: Frenzy Ash: A vampire who's been destroyed. Usage: "Tomasino pissed off the sheriff; now he's ash." Sometimes used as a verb, meaning "to kill." Bloat: Taking more blood than one needs, resulting in reddened eyes, a ruddy complextion and the continual shedding of tears of blood. Blooded: A vampire Boojum: Any other supernatural creature, usually non-vampiric. 'Bot: Someone clearly acting under the influence of Dominate. Often reserved for mortals reduced to automaton status. Brightening Sunsets: Another term for a destroyed Kindred. It refers to the way in which excess dust and ash produce particularly brilliant coloration. Usage: "Lisette crossed the Nosferatu elder, so now she's brightening sunets." Cannible: A diablerist. Cleanup: Repairing an "Oops", or otherwise working to protect the Masqurade. Clockwatcher: A vampire who worries excessively about the approach of dawn. Collar: Blood Bond. The term has a distinctly sadomasochistic inference attached to it. Cub Scouts: Archons Dessert: Feeding for pleasure, not need. Doornail: As in, "dead as a." Used to refer to a corpse left behind. Usage: "We went out for supper and dropped a few doornails in the river." Do Over: The process of earsing memories from a mortal's mind. Often used to cover up evidence of feeding. Fossile: Derisive term for a vampire who is stuck, stylisticaly, in an anachronistic mode of behavior. Often used to refer to elders. Futon: Coffin Fuzzy: Lupine. Grandpa(ma): A member of vampire's lineage more distant than her sire. Half-breed: A ghoul. Sometimes phrased as "Half-blood." Happy Meal: The process of drinking from a mortal who is intoxicated or otherwise under the influence of some sort of controlled substance. Inky: A hunter, specifically a member of the Inquisition. John Law: The sheriff; less frequently the scourge. Juice: Vitae. Leftovers: Blood from a corpse. Laid: Fed. Lunch: Vitae, or the mortal from whom the vitae is obtained. Usage: "I met lunch at the coffeehouse tonight." Lupine Alley: Travel arteries that run through Lupine terriorty, and are notoriously dangerous for vampires to traverse. Monster: A vampire who terroizes younger, weaker Kindred. Sometimes spelled Monsta, usually by poseurs. Munchies: Hunger for vitae after heavy use of Disciplines. Nibs: The prince or any other important vampire. Not intended as a compliment. Oops: A breach of the Masqurade. Usage: "We had a little Oops tonight, but it's been taken care of." Perv: A vampire who insists on indulging in mortal sexuality to mask feeding process. PF: Short for "pity fuck." A Kindred who recives the Embrace because of guilt or pity on the part of the sire. Prefrosh: A mortal who is candidate for the Embrace. Princeling: A derisive term for the leader of a coterie. Rabbit: A vampire who only feeds on animals. Animal blood is sometimes known as rabbit food. Rag: The weakest vampire in a coterie. Recruiting: Breaking the Masquerade so as to prepare a mortal for the Embrace. Renfield: A long-time ghoul, usually one who has far exceeded normal mortal lifespan. Rug: A dead Lupine. Alternately, a dead Gangrel. Sabbot: A derisive term for the Sabbat. Pronounced "SAA-bet", usually in some form of a ridiculous accent. Sand Castle: An unsafe haven or vulnerable domain. Scout Master: A justicar. Shovelhead: Sabbat vampire. Snap: A broken collar (someone who breaks a blood bond). Soy: Vitaew taken from an animal; a less-filling and taste-less substitute for the real thing. Speed Bumps: Mortals or inexperienced ghouls pressed into combat against vampires. Starfucker: A vampire who makes a habit of feeding from the rich and famous. Suntanning: Being staked out in the sun. A common punishment used by princes on rebellious Kindred. Teardrop: A Kindred who kills mortals on a regular basis. Possibly derived from a certain mortal gangs' custom of tattooing teardrops on the cheeks of gang members who have committed murder. Tentacle: A hideously deformed vampire, usually a Tzimisce. TFBS: Bela Lugosi's Dead, by Bauhaus. Nearly universally loathed by all Kindred, who have simply heard it too damn many times for the joke to be funny anymore. Trashman: A vampire who feeds on the homeless and other human detritus. The term derives from such Kindred's tendency to pick up supper from alleyways or curbsides. Uncle: An elder who takes an interest in or who patronizes younger Kindred. Sort of a vampiric sugar daddy. Valentine: 1. A Kindred who uses his powers to achieve mortal celebrity, often in violation of the Masquerade. 2. The mortal lover of a Kindred, usually te source of much angst. Vector: Vampire who spreads mortal diseases; so called because the CDC has taken an interest in hthe way in which blood-based diseases have been spreading. Vlad: a Kindred who acts in a sterotypically "vampiric" fashion. Vlads usually wear capes, flaunt their powers and speak in strained Eastern European accents. few last long. Whack Job: Malkavian, or victim of Dementation. Wolfie: A vampire, often a Gangrel, who prefers spending time in non-human shape. Yawp: The claims if a prince or other Kindred who can't hold his territory.