vorarephilia

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin vorare (“to devour”) +‎ -philia.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

vorarephilia (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia or 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 [1]

     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 [2]

     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 [3]

     Vore (short for vorarephilia) 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: 丸呑みフェティシズム (marunomi fetishizumu)
• Polish: worarefilia f
• Russian: ворофили́я f (vorofilíja), ворарефили́я (ru) f (vorarefilíja)
• Spanish: vorarefilia f
• Swedish: vorarefili c

See also

• odaxelagnia