ah ah ah

Definitions

1. An admonition to slow down; not so fast, hold your horses.
2. The stereotypical laugh of a vampire, after Bela Lugosi's performance as Dracula in the 1931 film of the same name.

Examples

“Ah ah ah! You didn't say⟳ the magic word!”

“Ah, ah, ah, not so fast. I've got a few more questions for you, buddy.”

“At one point⟳ the count⟳ even helped me practice my numbers, as we counted puppet bats together on the children's television program⟳ Sesame Street, singing out, “ONE, TWO, THREE, AH AH AH AH AH!”

“Play⟳ Vampires are not the "I want⟳ to suck⟳ your blood" vampires or the "Vont to Buy⟳ My Chocolate Cereal" vampires or the "Oh, he's so dreamy and complicated and mysterious and dangerous and bad for me but I love⟳ him” vampires, or the “One banana ah-ah-ah . . . two bananas ah-ah-ah . . . three bananas ah-ah-ah. . . .Three! Three bananas!" vampires.”

“President Trump’s repeated calls to “Stop⟳ the Count⟳!” of votes in undecided states are being met by a purple face⟳ familiar from many people’s childhoods: Count⟳ von Count⟳ from “Sesame Street.” Ah! Ah! Ah!”

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