lolicon

n. Lolita complex, the attraction of older men to girls or very young women. Also lolicom. Subjects: English, Japanese, Japan, Entertainment, Sex & Sexuality

Editorial Note: The Japanese form is lolicon.

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Citations: 1989 [Mark Crispin] Usenet: soc.culture.japan (Sept. 22) “Bringing stuff into the US from Japan”: If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography. 1993 [W2/JH1CUV] Usenet: rec.arts.manga (Dec. 19) “Re: The Shoujo Myth”: It seems that the path of yaoi growth is exactly the same as that of lolicom thing: from doujinshi to anthologies and magazines. 1995 Ben Hills Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) (Oct. 7) “Breaking The Mould” p. 9: Buru sera means “sailor’s bloomers,” the latest craze among Tokyo’s dirty old men, who are also willing to pay for schoolgirls’ fingernails, vials of saliva and used tampons in shops which cater for men with lolicon—Lolita complex. 1997 Stuart Young (Reuters) (Feb. 13) “Japanese seek to shed child porn tag”: The reports have said that one of the most disturbing features of the teenage prostitution phenomenon is the premium younger girls fetch from “lolicom” clients—older men with “Lolita complexes” for little girls. 2005 Ines Cho JoongAng Daily (Seoul, S. Korea) (Jan. 18) “The words of a new generation”: Lolicom “Lolita” + “complex.” When a man is infatuated with pretty young girls. Example: He’s married to an older woman, but he has a Lolicom online. 2005 Ryann Connell Mainichi Weekly (Tokyo, Japan) (Dec. 16) “Cram school teacher’s ‘lolita complex’ takes deadly twist”: Hagino was inspired to turn his relationship with the alleged victim from friendship to fiendship because of a “Rorikon,” the contracted Japanese word for “Lolita Complex,” the local parlance for pedophilia.

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Reader comments:

Sorry, but it should be spelled with an “n” at the end, not an “m”. There is no “em” sound at the end of words in Japanese.
In a similar way, pasocon is a personal computer, mamacon is an Oedipal complex, etc.

by ih8rulz 27 Nov 05, 1040 GMT

You are right that lolicon is the only form that exists in Japanese; however, lolicom has been borrowed back into English. I have changed the entry to reflect this.

by Grant Barrett 27 Nov 05, 0147 GMT

tell me more..my um..‘friend’ is like this and i need to know more.

by blue 04 Oct 07, 0230 GMT