Citations:dracarys

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English citations of dracarys

Interjection: "(fandom slang) used to underscore the act, intent, or desire to start a fire or burn something"

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  • 2019, Wade Rouse, "Queen of the Dragons", Metrosource, February/March 2019, page 18:
    Dracarys, bitches.
  • 2020, Sarah Rees Brennan, Sabrina: Path of Knight, unnumbered page:
    Tiny lines of blue lightning wrapped around the silver rings on my fingers. Hellfire came to me so easily.
    "Dracarys," murmured Harvey, and shot me a smile. "That's from a TV show. Just trying to be supportive."
  • 2021, C.J. Farley, Zero O'Clock, unnumbered page:
    And there's no way I would go into a public bathroom, especially one that has one of those hot air hand dryers that blows superheated germs around the room like somebody shouted “Dracarys!”
  • 2022, E. M. Snow, Malice, unnumbered pages:
    They're watching me like they expected me to start yelling “Dracarys” and torching random buildings, even though they've no proof that I did anything wrong and the source of the fire is still under investigation.
  • 2022, Jonny Lieberman, "Attempt To Tame The Most Ferocious Pagani Yet", Motor Trend, April 2022, page 37:
    The starter whirls for what seems like 15 seconds and then, Dracarys, the fire spitter behind your head starts howling.
  • 2023, "Acknowledgements", in Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment, page 405:
    Thank you for getting our books into the world, for wearing dorky hats with us at Disneyland, and always being up for book tour hotel breakfast. Dracarys.

Verb: "(fandom slang) to burn or destroy"

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  • 2020, Joey Skladany, Basic Bitchen, page 35:
    It's no secret that I love hot and spicy food, so in addition to the hundred-plus people I'd like to dracarys on a daily basis, I'd do it to my Bloody to ensure it has extra heat.
  • 2021, Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays, page 90:
    What Warren Buffett Should've Told Ya #5: You Didn't Get into This to Dracarys a Bitch
  • 2023, Sonja Hadj Said, Bluebird, unnumbered page:
    On my last day of work, when I wanted to Dracarys everyone (I'll get to that), I realised why.

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  • 2021, Larisa A. Garski & Justine Mastin, Starship Therapise: Using Therapeutic Fanfiction to Rewrite Your Life, page 135:
    Slytherins have a strong sense of self-preservation, which means that if they feel like their self or their livelihood is being threatened, they are prone to going full dracarys.