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rorikon
 n.— «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.» —“Cram school teacher’s ‘lolita complex’ takes deadly twist” by Ryann Connell Mainichi Weekly (Tokyo, Japan) Dec. 16, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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