Greetings fellow bookworms! Today we explore a topic close to all of our hearts, language. And not just any language, today we are talking about obscene language. More specifically we are talking about the people who enjoy such language in intimate settings. We are talking about ‘narratophilia’

Narratophilia is a sexual fetish, in which the telling of dirty and obscene words or stories to a partner is sexually arousing. The term is also used for arousal by means of listening to obscene words and stories.

Now, when we refer to obscene language we are sure that is conjures a very vivid image in most of your minds. However the word ‘obscene’ is interesting in and of itself, so before we continue on let us clarify what it means precisely in this context. 

An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin ‘obscaena’ (offstage) a cognate of the Ancient Greek root ‘skene’, because some potentially offensive content, such as murder or sex, was depicted offstage in classical drama. In modernity, the word can now be used to indicate a strong moral repugnance, in expressions such as "obscene profits" or "the obscenity of war". As a legal term, it usually refers to graphic depictions of people engaged in sexual and excretory activity. Which brings us back to our focus ‘narratophilia’.

The origins of the word again has two basic roots, ‘narrate’ and ‘philia’. So let us first focus on the more interesting of the two ‘narrato’ or ‘narrator’. In modern English a narrator is one who narrates or tells stories. In literature the narrator is the person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story. And finally, in media a narrator is the person providing the voice-over in a text or documentary. Much like I am doing for you all now.

Isn’t language wonderful?

Written by Taylor Davidson, Read by Zane C Weber

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