Coprophilia

This article is about the paraphilia. For dung-feeding fungi, see Coprophilous fungi. For the form of Tourette syndrome, see coprolalia.

Russian coprophiliac erotica depicting defecation on a sleeping victim, one definition of the term “Hot Karl”

Coprophilia (from Greek κόπρος, kópros 'excrement' and φιλία, philía 'liking, fondness'), also called scatophilia or scat (Greek: σκατά, skatá 'feces'),[1] is the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces.[2][3]

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