Vorarephilia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪliÉ™

Alternative forms

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

Origin

Latin vorare “to devour” + -philia.

Full definition of vorarephilia

Noun

1. A paraphilia and a fetish, chiefly practiced by 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 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/msg/1a213152a9bb5836?dmode=source&hl=enOoh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.
• 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.vore/msg/b0833972db5377ca?dmode=source&hl=enA 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, 2 July http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040702.htmlVore (short for vorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

Synonyms

• vore

Related terms

• vorarephile