What do you call a sex maniac?

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Mon Feb 22 19:25:14 UTC 2010


At 12:22 PM -0500 2/22/10, Eric Nielsen wrote:
>How about:
>
>player
>horndog
>satyrist
>

I have the sense that the last of those may tend to be a victim of
blocking by homonymy.  And I won't even comment on the second of your
choices (except to note my relief at my 20-something son's decision
to no longer incorporate "horndog" within his userid).

Larry Horn

>On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Mark Peters <markpeters33 at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>>  I'm looking for terms like sex maniac, sex addict, person with
>>  hypersexuality disorder, slut, whore, lecher, philanderer, fuckaholic, and
>>  nymphomaniac for people who are cuckoo for sex puffs.
>>
>>  What am I missing? I'm looking for terms that are medical, sin-laden,
>>  sexist, whatever. Anything that could apply to Tiger Woods works. Thanks!
>>
>>  Mark
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