vorarephilia

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Latin vorare “to devour” + -philia.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

vorarephilia (uncountable)

  1. A paraphilia and fetish in role-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, in alt.fan.furry
      Ooh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.
    • 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore
      A place to discuss vorarephilia... 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 Dope 2 July
      Vore (short for vorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

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