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English
Etymology
From toon + -o- + -philia.
Noun
toonophilia (uncountable)
- Sexual and/or romantic attraction to cartoon or anime characters.
1996 March 21, Lenester the Badger, “Re: POLL: Best Cartoon w/ furries?”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):Yes, that particular four-parter has a special place in my heart... it was the main root from which my toonophilia, and later my furriness, grew. (Well, more likely the root was already there, and it was the fertilizer.)
1999 October 30, Muke Tever, “Re: galen's plushie site becomes today's "Cruel Site of the Day"”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):Toonophilia isn't furry fandom, but it can bring people to it, because it's similar to begin with.
2015, Blythe Woolston, MARTians, unnumbered page:I'm not an Otakusexual — although I respect toonophilia as a sexually responsible choice.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:toonophilia.
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