Meanings
plural iDollators
- One who prefers a love doll over a normal human relationship.
Davecat is part of a group of people called iDollators or technosexuals who say they are attracted to robots […]
2013, BurfordTJustice, “group of people called iDollators or technosexuals”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth (Usenet)4 more examples
As one iDollator wrote to the group, "You are truly a family of open-minded people and it's so great to know I'm not alone."
2005, Jim Winters, “"He treats objects like women, man!"”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet)It's not surprising, then, that these iDollators don't refer to their dolls as sex toys or masturbatory aides^([sic]), but as “girlfriends.”
2009, Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth, page 88On top of it, McMullen talks about the continually growing online community of doll enthusiasts, called “iDollators,” where they meet up in the virtual world on DollForum.com.
2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the MissionaryOne of those who prefer the artificial lover to a real one is the self-declared technosexual and iDollator Davecat, who lives with two $6,000 RealDolls, one of which he regards as his wife and the other as his mistress.
2014, Michael Hauskeller, Sex and the Posthuman Condition
Origin
From idolator and doll; capitalisation possibly influenced by i- (“alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices”).
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