单词 | orgasmatron |
释义 | orgasmatronn. Chiefly humorous. A (hypothetical) device which induces orgasm. Also in extended use.Popularized by Woody Allen’s 1973 science fiction comedy film Sleeper (see quot. 1973), which depicted a device of this name; the fictional device was probably inspired by the orgone accumulator, an apparatus invented by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (see orgone n.). ΚΠ 1973 W. Allen & M. Brickman Sleeper (film script) We'll use the Orgasmatron. 1976 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 24 July 7/4 It has been called such things as a ‘hedonistic pleasure wagon’ and a ‘mobile orgasmatron for the habitual lush’. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 3 Apr. c6 There's also more than a faint trace of ‘Sleeper’ in the ozone and at one point Woody Allen's Orgasmatron is amusingly updated with a bit from ‘Flashdance’. 1994 Guardian 25 July ii. 4/1 Cacao is an orgasmatron for chocaholics and coprophiliacs. 2003 Daily Tel. 27 Nov. 7/1 The woman who tested the invention, dubbed the orgasmatron, had not had an orgasm for four years. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1973 |
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