Quick answer: body count (Adult slang / ambiguous) — In sexual slang, the number of partners someone has had. In other contexts, the number of casualties or people killed. Meanwhile, teratophilia (context-dependent) — teratophilia: a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to monsters.
1. body count ↗
Category: Adult internet slang
Register: Adult slang / ambiguous
Regions: Online
In sexual slang, the number of partners someone has had. In other contexts, the number of casualties or people killed.
When it fits: Recognize the meaning when interpreting a specific question or quotation. If a discussion is appropriate, sexual history is a clearer, less objectifying description.
When to avoid: Avoid assigning a number to somebody, treating rumors as evidence, or assuming that the phrase always concerns sexual partners.
“She declined to answer the body count question.”
In plain English: She declined to discuss how many sexual partners she had had.
2. teratophilia ↗
Category: Adult internet slang
Register: context-dependent
Regions: Online
teratophilia: a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to monsters.
When it fits: Choose this wording when the meaning above fits what you intend to say. Give the reader enough surrounding context to follow the example; if clarity matters more than the shorthand, use the plain-English wording instead.
When to avoid: Avoid assuming that a label reveals somebody’s motives or private behavior. If you are unsure how your words will be understood, explain the situation directly and ask a clarifying question rather than relying on the expression alone.
“During the midnight art exhibit, the curator whispered that the painter exhibited teratophilia that drove him to create erotic depictions of monstrous beings.”
In plain English: During the midnight art exhibit, the curator whispered that the painter exhibited a paraphilia involving sexual attraction to monsters that drove him to create erotic depictions of monstrous beings.
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