blackula
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vampire belonging to or descended from any of various (African, Aboriginal, etc.) ethnic groups which typically have dark pigmentation of the skin.
Example Sentences
- "“Yes. I only hunt blackulas.” “Oh, so you only hunt African-American vampires.” “No. Sometimes I hunt British vampires. They don't have African-Americans in England...” “Oh, Yeah. Yeah. Good point.” “So I hunt blackulas.” “I was just trying to be--” “Man, I specialize in hunting black vampires. I don't know what the PC name for that is.”"
- "We extol as artists of transformation those makeup specialists of Hollywood who create Draculas and Blackulas, the Phantom of the Opera, Boris Karloff's monsters, and even Fred Gwynne's amiable Herman Munster."
- "“Hey. What's all the hubbub about over there?” “[gasping] Oh, shit. Oh, what? That's Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap.” “I thought you said Blacula, like a black vampire.” “Hey. So we were right? Wait a minute, are you here helping somebody? Are you leaping?” “Oh, my God. The show-- I can't get away from it. Look, that was just a TV character. I'm an actor.” “Why do you got a mop?” “Researching a role.”"
- "DH: Jefferson Twilight gets an actual power that isn't just killing Blackulas. He has a magical power, which is to reach into the Netherworld while still being in this world—a limited power, but a power. It's nice to know that he has something."
- ""I'm dying... from a snake of cancer, Bulimia and Shell Beach striated colors, colon- Blackula gonorrhea... Can I die in your back room or garage... a dying snake on your concrete garage floor?""
- "The Blackula of East Long Beach"