A Knowledge Vampire extracts unique information, knowledge and practice wisdom that form the body of knowledge resulting from another's intellectual and scholarly pursuits. They do this because their rise in success, social currency or professional status relies on preserving an illusion of intellectual prowess in that and other disciplines to maintain a competitive advantage.
Knowledge Vampires are mostly (but not always) unaware they are extracting knowledge from another person. Like Energy Vampires, who employ traits along the narcissism behaviour spectrum to recruit an unending supply of emotional energy, Knowledge Vampires are able to retain a supply of targeted information through grooming methods that build trust and guarantee attention on their knowledge acquisition needs.
Knowledge Vampires cannot be deterred by garlic or crucifixes but can be with contracts and written agreements that preserve your intellectual property.
Knowledge Vampires are mostly (but not always) unaware they are extracting knowledge from another person. Like Energy Vampires, who employ traits along the narcissism behaviour spectrum to recruit an unending supply of emotional energy, Knowledge Vampires are able to retain a supply of targeted information through grooming methods that build trust and guarantee attention on their knowledge acquisition needs.
Knowledge Vampires cannot be deterred by garlic or crucifixes but can be with contracts and written agreements that preserve your intellectual property.
I was bitten by a Knowledge Vampire who posed as a trustworthy colleague and who is now using my intellectual property as their own. I wish I had eaten more garlic.
by Narcissism Hacker December 7, 2021
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Stefan, we soon discover, is a vampire who avoids Elena because she has an uncanny resemblance to a girl that he and his (sexy, badass) brother, Damon Salvatore, both fell in love with (Katherine Von Swartzschild) centuries ago. Both brothers murdered one another after Katherine killed herself and separated once they awoke in their vampiric state confused. Cut to the present and strange things begin to happen once Stefan arrives into town.
The Vampire Diaries series consists of:
The Awakening
The Struggle
The Fury
Dark Reunion
The Return: Nightfall
The Return: Shadow Souls (Release: 2/9/10)
The Return: Midnight (Release: 2010)
The CW has announced that they will be making a show based on the books. It will premiere on Sept. 10th, 2009 (which will change the look of the characters, history of the characters, eliminate/add characters, etc) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Stefan, we soon discover, is a vampire who avoids Elena because she has an uncanny resemblance to a girl that he and his (sexy, badass) brother, Damon Salvatore, both fell in love with (Katherine Von Swartzschild) centuries ago. Both brothers murdered one another after Katherine killed herself and separated once they awoke in their vampiric state confused. Cut to the present and strange things begin to happen once Stefan arrives into town.
The Vampire Diaries series consists of:
The Awakening
The Struggle
The Fury
Dark Reunion
The Return: Nightfall
The Return: Shadow Souls (Release: 2/9/10)
The Return: Midnight (Release: 2010)
The CW has announced that they will be making a show based on the books. It will premiere on Sept. 10th, 2009 (which will change the look of the characters, history of the characters, eliminate/add characters, etc) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
I will choose The Vampire Diaries over Twilight because it has a better plot, more supernatural beings, characters with personalitites, and because it's main character is the furthest thing from a Mary Sue.
by manipulativefemmefatale August 19, 2009
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The old english way of spelling "Vampire." It's also the title of the first vampire story written in the english language; which was published in 1819. Seventy-nine years before the publication of Bram Stoker's vampire novel "Dracula."
During the year without summer (1816) in which Mary & Percy Shelly, Clair Clairmont, Lord Byron, and John Polidori were gathered at the Villa Diodati, Switzerland; Lord Byron suggested, on one night, that each should write a horror story.
During that night, Polidori began writing a short tale which would become the first vampire story ever written in the english language, titled: "The Vampyre."
It should also be noted that during that same night, Mary Shelley started working on a story which would later evolve into the famous novel "Frankenstein."
During the year without summer (1816) in which Mary & Percy Shelly, Clair Clairmont, Lord Byron, and John Polidori were gathered at the Villa Diodati, Switzerland; Lord Byron suggested, on one night, that each should write a horror story.
During that night, Polidori began writing a short tale which would become the first vampire story ever written in the english language, titled: "The Vampyre."
It should also be noted that during that same night, Mary Shelley started working on a story which would later evolve into the famous novel "Frankenstein."
Polidori's story "The Vampyre" is a short story which was, at first, was falsely credited to Lord Byron. Nevertheless, it was later confirmed by Byron that the author was in fact John William Polidori (Lord Byron's physician).
by jdavid10 June 23, 2011
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2. A vampy woman who unscrupulously seduces men and tends to have Dommineering tendencies.
3. A vampire dominatrix who tends to be more coy in her seduction, darker, more alluring.
2. A vampy woman who unscrupulously seduces men and tends to have Dommineering tendencies.
3. A vampire dominatrix who tends to be more coy in her seduction, darker, more alluring.
The vamptress kicked off her leather heels and slowly bent down to seductively nibble on the bound man in a coy alluring fashion.
by Deeberri December 22, 2008
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by HelloIloveyou July 22, 2012
Get the Vampire Vision mug.The act of eating a girl out at night, has her period at that moment and the guy drinks her blood. This process is done monthly.
by Mr.TriggerFinger October 16, 2009
Get the NY Vampire mug.Fans of the vamps are very close we are all one big family or vamily. We look out for each other like a family.
by 🎶Em🎶 August 27, 2016
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