orgasmatron

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

orgasm +‎ -tron, introduced in the film Sleeper (1973).

Noun[edit]

orgasmatron (plural orgasmatrons)

  1. (science fiction) A hypothetical device capable of inducing orgasm.
    • 2002, Steve Bodansky, Vera Bodansky, The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm, page 225:
      We do not know of any real-life orgasmatrons, even vibrators.
    • 2009 February 15, Patricia Leigh Brown, “The Little Gold Man in a New Blue World”, in New York Times[1]:
      Among the eras have been Louis Quatorze (1967), Space Odyssey Moderne (2001) and perpetual futuristic spins on picture-palace Deco, including last year’s show, hosted by Jon Stewart, in which towering Oscars were encased in see-through capsules, resembling the orgasmatron in Woody Allen’s 1973 film “Sleeper.”