Genitalize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To assign genitals to; to emphasize the genitals of; to make genitalic. transitive

    "1999 Skell Red, Re: Tele-Dummies Group: alt.atheism.moderated I'm not surprised adults genitalize the Teletubbies, as they do everything else. There are even sexual fetishists called "furries," I think, who are gratified by stuffed animals and people in animal costumes."

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"1999 Skell Red, Re: Tele-Dummies Group: alt.atheism.moderated I'm not surprised adults genitalize the Teletubbies, as they do everything else. There are even sexual fetishists called "furries," I think, who are gratified by stuffed animals and people in animal costumes."

Etymology

From genital + -ize.

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