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Maskaphilia 

The attraction to/fetish of fictional characters who:
-Have objects for heads
-have masks that cover some or most of their face worn at all times
-have a face covered by a shadow, making it not visible
-or any other way of obscuring the face

(bonus points the more in-human it gets)

The word stems from:
Maskaphobia; Fear of masks, or otherwise something obscuring the face on a human body
-philia; a fetish of or abnormal love for a specified thing (example: Necrophilia)

Examples of this in characters:

-Sammy Lawrence (BATIM)
-The Projectionist (BATIM)
-Dream (Youtuber)
-Whitty (Friday Night Funkin mod)
-Updike (in Whitty's backstory)
-MTT Resort receptionist (Undertale)
-Hex (Friday Night Funkin mod)
-Most visual interpretations of Phone Guy (FNAF)
-SCP-035, The Possessive Mask (SCP)
-SCP-049, The Plague Doctor (SCP)
-The cast of Dialtown: Phone Dating Simulator
-several characters from Cuphead
-Some Weirdcore OCs
And many, many others.
"Why do you have so much damn Whitty porn on your desktop"
"Well, one, Horny, two, Maskaphilia."
Maskaphilia by Maskaphiliac July 29, 2021
Related Words

Maskaphobia 

Fear of what your first blind date with social distancing is going to look like without their face mask
The doctor said I’m suffering from Maskaphobia caused from my blind date removing their face mask
Maskaphobia by Hailey Comet May 2, 2020
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026
well known from south park
rednecks get angrry that future folk took there jobs so they yell
They took ouare jerbs!
Them future folk took ouare jerbs!
jerb by Jimberley Kim April 7, 2005
Word of the Day on May 22, 2026
An Irish phrase meaning shit, derived from ass
(Not to be confused with the literal description of one's buttocks)
"Did you hear the song Aylek$ dropped?"
"Hardly. Her music is absolute cheeks."

"My boyfriend say LaFlame is cheeks."
"Tell your boyfriend I said it's his mixtape that's cheeks."
Cheeks by thecartisan April 26, 2020
Word of the Day on May 21, 2026

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019
Word of the Day on May 20, 2026