phobophilia

[Jonathan Lighter]

In Philadelphia they have Phillyphilia.  Even worse in the spring.

JL

On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> Not to be (safely) confused with philophobia, the fear of (or
> antipathy toward) pleasure.  Then there's phobophobia, the target of
> FDR's warning.  And the much more pleasant philophilia.
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> LH
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> At 3:28 PM -0500 2/14/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> >Not in OED.
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> >1907 Joseph Grasset _The Semi-Insane and the Semi-Responsible_ (trans. S.
> E.
> >Jelliffe) (N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls) 149: J. Roux includes _phobophilia_ with
> >this, "a disease of those who can find sexual emotion only through fear."
> >
> >1979 in Francis H. Thompson _The Frustration of Politics_  (Rutherford,
> >N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson U.P.) 117:  They suffered what one critic
> >described as phobophilia: They were in love with their enemy.
> >
> >1982 Robin Morgan _Depth Perception_ (N.Y.: Anchor Books) 26: Phobophilia
> >[title]. Do you smell smoke? / If you don't, it's not / because a tenement
> >isn't burning- / down the street, in Derry, Beirut, or San Salvador.
> >
> >1992 Brenda Love _The Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices_  (Ft. Lee,
> >N.J.:Barricade Books) 211:
> >The most common form of phobophilia is the type where a couple has sex in
> a
> >public place, risking discovery (agoraphilia).
> >
> >1995 Penn Jillette & Teller _Phobophilia: The Love of Fear_ (film).
> >
> >18,000 RGs.
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> >
> >"A love of fear or of a source of fear, often as a source of sexual
> >stimulation."
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> >JL
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