SeptimusHeap
MOD
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Mar 20th 2021 at 8:53:28 AM
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Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Ambiguous Name, started by IndirectActiveTransport on Jan 30th 2019 at 5:20:13 AM
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MarqFJA
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
(Before Recorded History)
Jul 30th 2013 at 8:14:04 PM
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I think we should make a note about the original meaning for the word "fetish" — an object that is believed to hold supernatural power.
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Nentuaby
Since: Jan, 2001
Apr 24th 2013 at 10:03:07 AM
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The very first sentence here— "A sexual fetish (or, more properly, a paraphilia)"— is wrong. A paraphilia is a fetish considered as a mental disorder. "Paraphilia" is at best a small subset of fetish taken too far or gone wrong, and at worst a slander on kinky people; it's certainly not a "more proper" synonym for fetish.
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SeptimusHeap
MOD
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Apr 6th 2012 at 1:32:18 AM
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"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Ambiguous Name, started by IndirectActiveTransport on Feb 3rd 2017 at 4:44:49 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman