fauxcest

English edit

Etymology edit

faux +‎ -cest

Pronunciation edit

(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊsɛst/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊsɛst/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun edit

fauxcest (uncountable)

Incest pornography wherein the actors are not actually related, but are merely engaging in roleplay.
Synonyms: PI, pseudoincest
- 2016 July 14, Mark Hay, “Datagasm”, in Aeon:
  Even when sites get their targeting right, they might still have a financial interest in drawing in a demographic that is not you. If Pornhub is targeting more women (as they say they are), they might try pushing more story-heavy movies — which today often means fauxcest.
- 2016 February 9, Lynsey G, “Why Women Watch “Fauxcest” Porn”, in Refinery29:
  The field of nominees for “Best Taboo Relations Movie” was teeming with fauxcest films, and Keep It in the Family — a series of explicit vignettes directed by Jacky St. James that feature stepfamily members getting it on — come out on top.
- 2017 May 5, Aurora Snow, “‘Fauxcest’: The Disturbing Rise of Incest-Themed Porn”, in The Daily Beast:
  Leading adult content providers GameLink.com reported a 178 percent average increase in the consumption of “family role-play porn,” while 1 in 10 purchases made by young adults on the site were for fauxcest titles.
- 2020 August 10, Anna Iovine, "The disturbing underbelly of the 'step' porn trend" on Mashable[1]:
  "Fauxcest" porn is taboo — but it goes much deeper than that.
- 2023, Bernadette Barton, The Pornification of America, page 76:
  Further, after news outlets began reporting on the rise of fauxcest porn in 2015,39 images suggesting fauxcest began to appear in mainstream media.