vorarephilia

English

Alternative forms

• voraphilia(voreaphilia)(probably by influence from the clipped form “vore”)

Etymology

FromLatinvorare(“to devour”)+‎-philia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes:-ɪliə

Noun

vorarephilia(uncountable)

1. Aparaphiliaorfetishinrole-playing,involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature—whether alive and whole ( "soft vore" ), or with gore or killing ( "hard vore" ).
   • 1998,Karl Xydexx Jorgensen, inalt.fan.furry[1]

     Ooh,vorarephilia.What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.

   • 1999,Kevin Alexander Cosmic, inalt.fan.vore[2]

     A place to discussvorarephilia... Why, I am right on topic here, my kind of place, and not even any competing predators to snatch my prey away while I play with it, harrr harrr harrrr!

   • 2004,Cecil Adams,The Straight Dope2 July[3]

     Vore(short forvorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

Derived terms

• vore

Related terms

• vorarephile

Translations

sexual fetish

• Finnish:vorarefilia
• French:vorarephilie(fr)f
• German:Vorarephilie(de)
• Japanese:Hoàn thôn みフェティシズム(marunomi fetishizumu)
• Polish:worarefiliaf
• Russian:ворофили́яf(vorofilíja),ворарефили́я(ru)f(vorarefilíja)
• Spanish:vorarefiliaf
• Swedish:vorarefilic

See also

• odaxelagnia