iDollator

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English

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Etymology

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From idolator and doll; capitalisation possibly influenced by i- (alluding to cutting-edge or fashionable digital devices).

Noun

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iDollator (plural iDollators)

  1. One who prefers a love doll over a normal human relationship.
    • 2005, Jim Winters, “"He treats objects like women, man!"”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):
      As one iDollator wrote to the group, "You are truly a family of open-minded people and it's so great to know I'm not alone."
    • 2009, Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth, page 88:
      It's not surprising, then, that these iDollators don't refer to their dolls as sex toys or masturbatory aides[sic], but as “girlfriends.”
    • 2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink: Sex Beyond the Missionary:
      On top of it, McMullen talks about the continually growing online community of doll enthusiasts, called “iDollators,” where they meet up in the virtual world on DollForum.com.
    • 2013, BurfordTJustice, “group of people called iDollators or technosexuals”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth (Usenet):
      Davecat is part of a group of people called iDollators or technosexuals who say they are attracted to robots []
    • 2014, Michael Hauskeller, Sex and the Posthuman Condition:
      One of those who prefer the artificial lover to a real one is the self-declared technosexual and iDollator Davecat, who lives with two $6,000 RealDolls, one of which he regards as his wife and the other as his mistress.