ero-guro

noun

A Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.

OriginJapanese エログロ →
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Meanings

nounero-guro (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.

Origin

  1. Japaneseエログロ
  2. Englishero-guro

Borrowed from Japanese エログロ (eroguro), ultimately from English erotic + grotesque.

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Chicago

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