Poképhilia
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably a back-formation from Poképhile. Analysable as Poké- (pertaining to the Pokémon media franchise) + -philia (abnormal love of something).
Noun
editPoképhilia (uncountable)
- (fandom slang, rare) Sexual attraction to Pokémon.
- 2016 December 8, Ayuminaki, Twitter[2]:
- If you post poképhilia and hentai, I must follow you :3
- 2018 May 31, AnarchoGamerism, Twitter[3]:
- Never knew it was Poképhilia that would split the chapter
- 2020 November 24, GreatLxon, Twitter[4]:
- When I strictly put Poképhilia accounts and freaks do not interact, I get a freaking Bulbasaur account that is disgusting and lewd.
- 2021 August 28, reggie_800, Twitter[5]:
- Censoring Poképhilia:
In the Japanese version of Gen 4, a book in the Canalave Library says Pokemon and humans used to marry each other. But it was censored in the English version to remove the icky implication.