A brief introduction to slayer-speak

Carbon-dated: adj Beyond passe

Carbon-dated: adj Beyond passe

Evita-like: adj Self-centred, arrogant

Feeding: v Drinking blood, a vampire's means of nutrition

Harvest: n Night once in a century when a master vampire can draw power from a minion while it feeds

Helen Keller: n Unobservant person

Host: n Person on whom a vampire feeds

Lose water: v Freak out

Master: n Most powerful of vampires, capable of destroying the earth

Minion: n Follower of the master vampire

One Starbucks Town: n Boring suburb

Keyser Sozed: adj Duped into believing in a nonexistent villain by the actual bad guy (a la The Usual Suspects)

Yester: n over, history (e.g. "Forget our row, it's totally yester")

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