Etymology

diaperism

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Today it means: A kink or fetish in which arousal is derived from diapers, especially wearing them; a kink in which one engages in diaperplay; diaper fetishism, ABDL. Full definition →

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The story

From diaper + -ism. Coined by New Zealand-American psychologist and sexologist John Money in 1986 (see quotations).

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