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ero-guro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
ero-guro
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese エログロ (eroguro), ultimately from English erotic + grotesque.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

guro gorn

Questions

What does ero-guro mean?
A Japanese literary and artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on eroticism, sexual corruption and decadence.
Where does ero-guro come from?
It is traced to English.

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