coprophemia

English

Etymology

From copro- +‎ -phemia.

Noun

coprophemia (uncountable)

  1. (psychiatry, rare) The use of obscene words or phrases to stimulate sexual excitement.
    • 2005 July 30, Michel Faber, “L is for lalochezia”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      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.
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