Vulgar Argot
Just because there's a word for something doesn't mean that everyone wants to
agree on that particular terminology. The younger Kindred of the Camarilla have
their own phraseology, which they use to establish their own identities and
to confound their elders. Most of the following terms are Camarilla-specific
in their usage, but as slang knows no borders, many of these have cropped up
in unlikely places.
Angstburger: Over-the-top moping about one's vampiric condition.
Usage: 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 complexion 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 sunsets.
Cannibal: A vampire who indulges in diablerie.
Cleanup: Repairing an Oops, or otherwise working to protect
the Masquerade.
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 couple of doornails
in the river.
Do over: The process of erasing memories from a mortal's mind.
Often used to cover up evidence of feeding.
Fossil: Derisive term for a vampire who is stuck, stylistically,
in an anachronistic mode of behavior. Often used to refer to elders.
Futon: Coffin.
Fuzzy: Lupine.
Grandpa: A member of a 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 taken 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 territory,
and are notoriously dangerous for vampires to traverse.
Monster: A vampire who terrorizes 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 Masquerade. Usage: We had a little Oops
tonight, but it's taken care of.
Perv: A vampire who insists on indulging in mortal sexuality
to mask the process of feeding.
PF: Short for "pity fuck." A kindred who receives
the Embrace because of guilt or pity on the part of his sire.
Prefrosh: A mortal who is a 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 ridiculous accent.
Sand Castle: An unsafe haven or vulnerable domain.
Scoutmaster: A justicar.
Shovelhead: Sabbat vampire.
Snap: A broken collar.
Soy: Vitae taken from an animal; a less-filling and tasteless
substitute for the real thing.
Speed Bumps: Mortals or inexperienced ghouls pressed into combat
against vampires.
Starfucker: A vampire who makes habit of feeding from the rich
and famous.
Suntanning: Being staked out for the sun. A common punishment
used by princes on rebellious Kindred.
Teardrop: A Kindred who kills mortals on a regular basis. Possibly
derived from certain mortal gangs' custom of tattooing teardrops on the cheek
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 patronized
a 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 the source of much angst.
Vector: Vampire who spreads mortal diseases; so called because
the CDC has taken an interest in the way in which blood-based diseases have
been spreading.
Vlad: A Kindred who acts in stereotypically "vampiric"
fashion. Vlads usually wear capes, flaunt their powers and speak in strained
Eastern European accents. Few last very long.
Whack Job: Malkavian, or a victim of Dementation.
Wolfie: A vampire, often a Gangrel, who prefers spending time
in a non-human shape.
Yawp: The claims of a prince or other Kindred who can't hold
his territory.