lolicon

lolicon n. Lolita complex, the attraction of older men to girls or very young women. Also lolicom. Editorial Note: The Japanese form is lolicon. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • 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.

  • 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.

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