firecrotch
n.— «Jamie’s hair is kind of reddish too. What, Steve can’t find a brunette or even a bottle-blond in all of New York City? Ugh—he probably has some weird fetish.…“Firecrotch” was how my friend Jason explained the redhead allure when I shared my Steve Alt fetish theory.» —“Dating Diary” by Jennifer Kornreich Cosmopolitan May 1, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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