Poképhile

noun

A person who is sexually attracted to Pokémon.

OriginAncient Greek φίλος (phílos) ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s ← English Poké- →
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Meanings

nounPoképhile (plural Poképhiles)

plural Poképhiles

  1. slanglifestyleA person who is sexually attracted to Pokémon.

    he's a pokephile

    2000 July 1, pst0kely, “Professor Oak molests pokemon”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jun 2022
    3 more examples

    3)Which Pokemon would you have sexual intercourse with if you were a Pokephile.

    1999 April 5, C. Hanson, “Giving in to the Survey virus.”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jun 2022

    Even if Silly Putty *is* a girl Ditto, what he did is *still* disgusting. I'm not some sort of Poképhile!

    2000 February 10, RobfromVoid, “[PW!] A Silly Birthday Party”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jun 2022

    Besides doing it with pokemon is much more fun than doing it with that pokephile. . . wait, I'm doing the same thing. . .

    2000 June 20, ChocoZell, “Jenny vs. Team Rocket MSTd”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jun 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
poképhiliac

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*puhô
  2. Frankish*pokō
  3. Old Frenchpoche
  4. Anglo-Normanpoket
  5. Middle Englishpocket
  6. Englishpocket
  7. Japaneseポケット
  8. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*man-eje-
  11. Proto-Italic*moneō
  12. Proto-Italic*monestrom
  13. Latinmōnstrum
  14. Old Frenchmonstre
  15. Middle Englishmonstre
  16. Englishmonster
  17. Japaneseモンスター
  18. Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
  19. Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
  20. EnglishPokémonclip.
  21. EnglishPoké-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-o-s
  24. Ancient Greekφίλος (phílos)
  25. EnglishPoképhile

From Poké- + -phile.

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APA

Poképhile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9phile

MLA

“Poképhile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9phile. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poképhile,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9phile.

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