Any one of the idiotic "vampires" of the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. In her clumsily written stories, instead of bursting into flames in sunlight, the vampires just shimmer and sparkle. How retarded is that?
"Anne Rice?? Who's that? I won't read any books that don't have sparklepires in it!!!1 Also, I'm illiterate."
Noun- 1. A wussified imitation of a vampire who has a strong liking for The Cure and melodramatic moping. They are characterized by refusal to drink human blood, being emotional pansies, being whiny and flighty and despite being ancient have the intelectual capacity and emotional makeup of a 12 year old girl. Most notably instead of doing something cool and dramatic like bursting into flames or turning to ash in sunlight they sparkle. More closely related to Faeries and ButtPixies than vampires.
2. any emo Edward Cullen wannabe surburbanite who tries to pull off the "angsty goth" look with clothes they bought at target.
1. "I know what you are. you're a-"
"Say it"
"you're a.. sparklepire
2. "Omg did you see that guy with all the makeup sitting by himself in the corner?"
"I know. Total sparklepire."
when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.
This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"
FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”