fetishy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fetish +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

fetishy (comparative more fetishy, superlative most fetishy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a (sexual) fetish.
    • 2009 August 19, Alex Kuczynski, “Pulp Friction”, in New York Times[1]:
      While plenty of people called the Coca-Cola headquarters to complain about New Coke’s taste, I’ll bet no one called to complain about the visionary in the fetishy eyeglasses in charge of the situation.
    • 2015, Adrian Daub, Charles Kronengold, The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism, page 191:
      The traditional female silhouettes now flicker over fetishy leather boots. When a woman's face appears it is that of Bond's torturer, not his love interest.

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