Meanings
alternative Pokephilia
- rareslanguncountablelifestyleSexual attraction to Pokémon.
If you post poképhilia and hentai, I must follow you :3
2016 December 8, Ayuminaki, Twitter4 more examples
My sister's owner is taking her to a photoshoot; she'd like me to come & make sure that it's not going to turn into a poképhilia shoot.
2011 April 2, Calm Gardevoir, TwitterNever knew it was Poképhilia that would split the chapter
2018 May 31, AnarchoGamerism, TwitterWhen I strictly put Poképhilia accounts and freaks do not interact, I get a freaking Bulbasaur account that is disgusting and lewd.
2020 November 24, GreatLxon, TwitterCensoring 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.
2021 August 28, reggie_800, Twitter
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*puhô
- Frankish*pokō
- Old Frenchpoche
- Anglo-Normanpoket
- Middle Englishpocket
- Englishpocket
- Japaneseポケット
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*monéyeti
- Proto-Italic*man-eje-
- Proto-Italic*moneō
- Proto-Italic*monestrom
- Latinmōnstrum
- Old Frenchmonstre
- Middle Englishmonstre
- Englishmonster
- Japaneseモンスター
- Japaneseポケットモンスターclip.
- Japaneseポケモン (Pokemon)
- EnglishPokémonclip.
- EnglishPoké-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰil-o-s
- Ancient Greekφίλος (phílos)
- EnglishPoképhilebf.?
- EnglishPoképhilia
Probably a back-formation from Poképhile. Analysable as Poké- (pertaining to the Pokémon media franchise) + -philia (abnormal love of something).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Poképhilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia
“Poképhilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poképhilia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pok%C3%A9philia.
Source: Poképhilia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.