Eh- kɾik-si-phil- ia/ from the Greek Ekrixis meaning 'explosion' and the suffix -phile meaning ' love of or attraction to something.'
noun
1. A person possessing an obsessive or unnatural interest in explosions and/or explosives.
2. Someone who finds sexual pleasure from the creation or viewing of explosions
Antonym: Ekrixiphobia
noun
1. A person possessing an obsessive or unnatural interest in explosions and/or explosives.
2. Someone who finds sexual pleasure from the creation or viewing of explosions
Antonym: Ekrixiphobia
Prosecutor: In your opinion, why do you think she placed the explosives?
Witness: She said she had ekrixiphilia. She just wanted to see something blow up. It didn't matter what. She said it turned her on.
Person 1: I love explosions. Big ones, small ones. Every size, shape, and color, I like 'em all.
Person 2: So you're an ekrixiphiliac?
Person 1: If that means I think watching stuff go boom is the coolest thing in the world, then sure.
Witness: She said she had ekrixiphilia. She just wanted to see something blow up. It didn't matter what. She said it turned her on.
Person 1: I love explosions. Big ones, small ones. Every size, shape, and color, I like 'em all.
Person 2: So you're an ekrixiphiliac?
Person 1: If that means I think watching stuff go boom is the coolest thing in the world, then sure.
by BIOS-Pherecydes September 13, 2017