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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."
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).
Vampyre by jdavid10 June 23, 2011
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Sexy or highly appealing, usually referring the darker, edgier fashion.
Sexy girls who wear heavy eyeliner are vampy.
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The 'nick-name' of the toilets used in Star Trek. They earned the name due to the sound made when the turd hit the vaporizing force-field.
Cap'n: "Ensign, why is number two still in the lavatory?"

Ensign: "Primary and secondary systems are down captain!"

Cap'n: "Re-route the heisenberg compensator through the ventral port of the secondary node at junction zero-three. If we can't vump it out we'll beam it!
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the english version origin of vampire
vampire? vampyre? the true origin of all of them is Upir
vampyre by malficeus January 31, 2008
That guys a vampyre.
Vampyre by Flying Shaman Of Doom August 15, 2006
1) To describe a person who is fashionable and edgy, and who doesn’t give a damn what y’all think.
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Yo! That dude is lookin’ Vempy today.
Vempy by yellow daffodils1001 June 9, 2019
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