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What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 4:54 pm
by Niveous
There's Aquaphilia (basically WAM), Asphyxiophilia (breath play, choked, strangled), Podophilia (feet), etc., so what's the technical term for the quicksand/mud fetish? Does one even exist?
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 7:11 pm
by dlodoski
Niveous wrote:There's Aquaphilia (basically WAM), Asphyxiophilia (breath play, choked, strangled), Podophilia (feet), etc., so what's the technical term for the quicksand/mud fetish? Does one even exist?
Go for it.
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:08 pm
by deltahat
Terraphilia?
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:12 pm
by Niveous
deltahat wrote:Terraphilia?
Hmm that has a nice ring to it.
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:52 am
by Ace
'Terra' just means land or ground in general I think. Probably 'syrtis' is closer to the Latin root word you're looking for.
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 2:19 am
by Boggy Man
Syrtimlutumophilia?
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:50 am
by Fred588
Boggy Man wrote:Syrtimlutumophilia?
I think the only practical reason for having a Latin name for a philia, or a phobia, is so that people, usually medical practitioners or researchers, can ground their work with past work by reference and be consistent as to how things are understood. For example, if there is some newly-published work on, say, triskadekaphobia (fear of 13) it can use the original (or subsequently modified) definition of that by referencing the original published work. Without that the new piece must either re-describe everything or risk using "orange" when "apple" is meant, and invite confusion. If no mention of a phenomenon exists in a scientific or medical paper then there is not really any reason for a Latin name. Therefore, we could use English (or any other language) terms such as quicksand fetish, quicksand interest, quicksand kink, or something else. There will still be confusion about what anyone using the terms means, of course, but unless we are discussing the issue from a scientific or medical point of view, the consequence of confusion is probably trivial.
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:44 am
by sixgunzloaded
Liquefactophilia?
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:38 pm
by dlodoski
sixgunzloaded wrote:Liquefactophilia?
Probably very 'correct'.
But it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
Re: What is this paraphilia called exactly?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 2:25 pm
by sixgunzloaded
dlodoski wrote:sixgunzloaded wrote:Liquefactophilia?
Probably very 'correct'.
But it doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.
lol. I have yet to meet a scientific name that does.
