siscon

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese シスコン (shisukon), from シスターコンプレックス (shisutā konpurekkusu, “sister complex”), itself borrowed from English sister complex. By surface analysis, sis (“sister”) +‎ -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪs.kɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪs.kɑn/
• Rhymes: -ɪskɒn
• Hyphenation: sis‧con

Noun

siscon (countable and uncountable, plural siscons)

1. (Japanese fiction, uncountable) Strong attachment or attraction to one's own sister.
   • 2003 July 17, Galen Musbach, “The Summer of Our Discontent”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎ (Usenet):

     What's up with Da Capo? Siscon and lolicon in episode 1, a catgirl later -- is the target market fetishists?

   • 2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎ (Usenet):

     Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".

   • 2015 July, Tsukasa Fushimi, edited by Jemiah Jefferson, Oreimo: Kuroneko Volume 2, →ISBN, page 163:

     Perhaps you're wondering about what '80s anime would have thought of the siscon aspect. It likely wouldn't have been permitted as such a central concept on an anime TV show […] but the siscon theme was the focus of a relatively popular 1980s OAV series named for its main character, Ami.

   • 2017 September 19, Dave Baranyi, “Fall 2017 New Anime Try--Out List”, in rec.arts.anime.misc‎ (Usenet):

     “Imouto sae Ireba Ii” - Adaptation of a light novel with a strong siscon slant.

2. (Japanese fiction, countable) A person with such an attachment or attraction.

Coordinate terms

• brocon

Anagrams

• Cosins, Cossin, sonics, scions