Tony Randall plays Baker Street’s best while Sid Caesar chews up the scenery as the first of fangdom.1986 October 23, “Fantasy Film Marquee”, in Monster Land, number 13, page 5:
Back then I was essentially the Rodney King of fangdom, just wishing we could all get along.2005, Mark Wm. Simmons, Habeas Corpses, page 389:
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Since Count Rachlav was the head of the Romanian faction of Vampires and therefore a VIP in Fangdom, it would be an honor for any Fey to host him.2007, Talia Gryphon, Key to Conflict, page 165:
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The state or quality of being a vampire.
A notation hadn't been added to his chart in regards to his fangdom and she wasn't about to tack it on.2013, Celia Kyle, Poking the Vamp, unnumbered page:
With that in mind, Madison continued to scrutinize the faces around her, picking out likely candidates for fangdom in the crowd.2014, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Immortal Obsession, page 15:
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Amora believed that male vampires were not much different than mortal men, truly, despite their coming to fangdom.2025, Ariel Dawn, Blood of My Heart, unnumbered page:
fangdom
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Etymology Blend of fang + fandom.
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LifestyleSlang The community of vampire fans, particularly vampiroid lifestylers.
Fangdom then naturally branches out to other pop-culture-related groups, like scholars that specialise in modem vampire culture and varnpire mythology, and role-players that partake in Vampire-related live-action role-play, or LARP usually in relation to one of the most famous fanged LARP games, Vampire: The Masquerade.2007, Poppy-Jay Palmer, “The secret lives of vampires”, in Sarah Bankes, editor, History of Vampires, page 124:
Sometimes called "lifestylers" or the "fangdom," they don't see themselves as actual vampires.2018, Peter Laws, The Frighteners: A Journey Through Our Cultural Fascination with the Macabre, unnumbered page:
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But theres one particular love triangle that took the vampire fandom (or fangdom) by storm...yes, I'm talking about Twilight.2023, Insha Fitzpatrick, Hanging with Vampires: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural, page 109: