coprophemia

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noun

The use of obscene words or phrases to stimulate sexual excitement.

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Meanings

nouncoprophemia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountablehuman sciencesThe use of obscene words or phrases to stimulate sexual excitement.
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    Morton's heavyhanded humour when he denies imagined accusations of coprophemia, aischrolatreia and lalochezia by saying that "you - dear reader - can decide for yourself after perusing the remaining two hundred pages" is made heavier still by the fact that nobody at Atlantic noticed that this estimate is 100 pages out.

    2005 July 30, Michel Faber, “L is for lalochezia”, in The Guardian

Origin

From copro- + -phemia.

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coprophemia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coprophemia

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“coprophemia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coprophemia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coprophemia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coprophemia.

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