Etymology

eroge

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Today it means: A visual novel with erotic content. Full definition →

Japanese エロゲ ← English erotic game
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The story

  1. English · derived fromerotic game
  2. Japanese · borrowed fromエロゲ
  3. English todayeroge

Borrowed from Japanese エロゲ (eroge) (less commonly エロゲー (erogē)), a shortening of エロチックゲーム (erochikku gēmu), from English erotic game.

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