and where this is going.

First thing I would like to say is that our dictionaries cannot define it. As you can see when you go to this link.

(add the www)dictionary.reference.com/browse/fetish

This one is the oldest.

fet·ish /ˈfɛtɪʃ, ˈfitɪʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fet-ish, fee-tish] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency.
2. any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades.
3. Psychology. any object or nongenital part of the body that causes a habitual erotic response or fixation.
Also, fetich.

[Origin: 1605–15; earlier fateish < Pg feitiço charm, sorcery (n.), artificial (adj.) < L factīcius factitious; r. fatisso, fetisso < Pg, as above]

—Related forms
fet·ish·like, adjective

—Synonyms 1. talisman, amulet.
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

I was always taught this one so I am kinda partial to it.

fetish fet·ish (fět'ĭsh, fē'tĭsh)
n.

1. Something, such as an object or a nonsexual part of the body, that arouses sexual desire and may become necessary for sexual gratification.


It is simple and not dirty, I guess I like definitions like that. Dirty comes in everywhere why in my definitions........:

So in other words the dictionaries cannot agree and neither can we. On the true meaning that is. So look at it this way. Technically the word as labeled to the 'lifestyle' is very young, so you may not even see it as a 'lifestyle' word. But then again simplistic is not ou (humans) way.


Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
--Marquis de Sade