vorarephilia

• (misspelling) voraphilia, voreaphilia

From Latin vorare (“to devour”) +‎ -philia.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvoɹ.ɹə.ɹəˈfɪ.li.ə/, /voɹˌɹɛ.ɹ(ə)ˈfɪ.li.ə/, /voʊ̯-/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə

vorarephilia (uncountable)

1. A paraphilia or fetish in role-playing, involving the devouring of or being devoured by another person or creature.

   Coordinate terms: soft vore, hard vore

   • 1998, Karl Xydexx Jorgensen, in alt.fan.furry [1]

     Ooh, vorarephilia. What's eating me? A big wolfy, prolly. I'm everyone's favorite chew-toy.

   • 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, in alt.fan.vore [2]

     A place to discuss vorarephilia... Why, I am right on topic here, my kind of place, and not even any competing predators to snatch my prey away while I play with it, harrr harrr harrrr!

   • 2004, Cecil Adams, The Straight Dope 2 July [3]

     Vore (short for vorarephilia) is a code word for a sexual interest in things eating other things.

2. (proscribed) Sexual cannibalism as a paraphilia.

• Sense 2 for this word has only been observed to be used by people outside of the vore or furry communities, and as such, this usage might likely stem from a misconception of what the word actually means or indicates.

• (very rare) phagophilia

• vore

• vorarephile

• odaxelagnia
• unbirthing