Meaning of time vampire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person, obligation, or activity that drains one's time; a time-waster.
   derogatory, informal
2. A variety of vampire that feeds off time or potential years of life.

Examples

“The telephone is to time vampires what blood banks are to real vampires.”

“TV is the biggest time vampire in our culture.”

“Believe it or not, a "gentle clue" to a time vampire is the equivalent of a two-by-four over the head for most people.”

“The night is a time-vampire as far as taking care of your skin goes.”

“That any systematic critique of the capitalist employer as time vampire is thereby short-circuited is plain.”

“Yes, the apps on your computer and phone are the biggest time vampires of all time.”

“Do you mean that Jarmyn Thanatos is some kind of a— a time vampire?”

““I'm a time vampire,” Loretta Vampireclanso-called-jiangshi said. “I can take time from people, or give it away.””

“But I was laying low, and vampires can't always be choosers, even time vampires.”

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