Talk:erotica

erotica
Rfv-sense (x2):
 * Literary works focused on sexual situations and intended for the sexual arousal of readers.
 * Sexual images or objects.

These do not seem to be very different from the primary sense:
 * Erotic literature, art, decoration or other phenomenon; sometimes encompasses only material that is not pornographic and has or is purported to have artistic or social value, but also can include pornography, depending on the context and speaker.

---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 04:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Are you questioning the existence of these two definitions? The fact you consider them 'not very different from the primary sense' suggests you are not. Renard Migrant (talk) 11:41, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * To me, they seem to be all simply describing different manifestations of "erotic literature or art". The OED only gives one definition by the way. ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 12:01, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm taking that as a no, hence striking. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:17, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I would be inclined to merge all senses. Equinox ◑ 12:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Move this to rfd- it doesn't belong here. Chuck Entz (talk) 13:22, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

(now at RFD)
 * Sorry guys for putting this is on the wrong discussion page. ---&#62; Tooironic (talk) 04:03, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete, these are clearly covered by sense #1 and I can't think of anything else to say on the matter. Renard Migrant (talk) 17:50, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is just a noun referring to various things of a subject, like Disneyana or memorabilia. The first definition covers it sufficiently, including the connotations. Nibiko (talk) 23:31, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Senses deleted. bd2412 T 01:44, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Plural
It is appropriately used in the plural when clearly referring to more than one object, but almost always used as a singular noun in reference to the genre itself. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:19, 16 August 2021 (UTC)