ロリコン

Japanese

Etymology

Clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”), from the Vladimir Nabokov novel Lolita and English complex. Compare ショタコン (shota kon, “Shōtarō complex, attraction to young boys”), マザコン (maza kon, “mother complex, Oedipus complex”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ロリコン [ròríkóń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ɾʲikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

ロリコン (rōmaji rorikon)

(informal) lolicon
1. sexual attraction to young girls
  - 1991, Shōji Kitagawa, Satsujin Hyōron [Critique of Manslaughter], page 108:
    
    ロリコンが性 (せい)の問題 (もんだい)であるからには、そこに何 (なに)がしかの闘 (とう)争 (そう)性 (せい)が見 (み)られなければならない。
    Rorikon ga sei no mondai dearu kara ni wa, soko ni nanigashi ka no tōsō sei ga mirarenakerebanaranai.
    Because lolicon is a sexual problem, we must look for some conflict of that nature.
2. one who is sexually attracted to young girls
  - 2000 August 10, Andō, Yūma; Asaki, Masashi, “ＢＲＥＡＫブレイク.39　痛つう恨こんの国くに光みつ‥ [BREAK.39 When Kunimitsu Has Remorse‥]”, in サイコメトラーEIJIエイジ [Psychometrer EIJI], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:
    
    でも——可 (か)愛 (わい)いですね　このジンガイのガキ
    Demo—— kawaii desu ne kono jingai no gaki
    However—— this foreign kid’s pretty cute, don’t ya think
    チッ　ロリコンが
    Chih rorikon ga
    Yeesh, you pedophile

Descendants

→ English: lolicon
→ French: lolicon
→ Russian: лоликон (lolikon)
→ Mandarin: 蘿莉控／萝莉控 (luólìkòng)

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