dracula sneeze
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Wang also encouraged the use of the "Dracula sneeze," or sneezing into the crease of your elbow as you bring your arm to your face."
- "Regarding prevention, the school has begun encouraging sick community members to use the “Dracula sneeze,” sneezing into their elbows to avoid getting germs on their hands and then onto doorknobs and plumbing fixtures."
- "Use a closed fist or assume the Dracula sneeze pose to temper germ transmission."
Etymology
From a likening of the positioning of the arm during such a sneeze to stereotypical depictions of the fictional vampire Dracula holding one side of his cape over his face, specifically from Bela Lugosi in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Tom Mason (double for Lugosi) in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).