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Erotic spanking
Erotic spanking, also called flagellation play or impact play, is consensual striking of the buttocks for sexual arousal. Surveys report roughly 17-32% lifetime US prevalence; it appears in ancient erotic texts and Victorian erotica.
Erotic Stories
Erotic Stories is an eight-part 2023 Australian SBS anthology drama series by Lingo Pictures about sex and intimacy among diverse characters, directed by Madeleine Gottlieb and Leticia Cáceres, premiering 26 October 2023.
Erotic thriller
The erotic thriller, also called erotic thriller film, is a film subgenre in which erotic desire fuels suspense, flourishing in American cinema from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.
Erotica
Erotica: sexual content in art, literature, or objects, distinguished from pornography by tone and artistic intent; Levinson's tripartite scheme, Maes's line-drawing debate, feminist critiques, and a history from prehistory to museums.
Erotica (Madonna album)
Erotica (1992) is Madonna's fifth studio album and her first on Maverick, produced with Shep Pettibone and Andre Betts; it reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, went 2x Platinum, and accompanied the Sex book.
Eroticism
Eroticism: the quality of sexual arousing or pleasure and its artful expression in the arts, distinguished from pornography; key theories by Bataille (L'Érotisme, 1957), Kant, Nietzsche, Foucault, and Steinem.
Eroto-comatose lucidity
Eroto-comatose lucidity is a sexual-magical technique described by Aleister Crowley, in which a candidate is driven to exhaustion by orgasms alternating with sleep until the spirit communes with the divine.
Erotomania
Erotomania, or de Clérambault's syndrome, is a delusional disorder in which the patient believes a higher-status person loves them despite no contact; classified in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR, linked to stalking, treated with antipsychotics and separation.
Erotomanic delusion
Erotomanic delusion (erotomania, de Clérambault's syndrome, ICD-11 MB26.04): the fixed belief that a higher-status person is in love with one; a delusional disorder subtype marked by paradoxical rationalization, stalking risk, and mood-disorder comorbidity.
Erotylidae
Erotylidae, pleasing fungus beetles, is a beetle family (Cucujoidea) of about 2,500–3,670 fungus-feeding, aposematically colored species; it now includes the former Languriidae (lizard beetles).
Erpai
Erpai (二拍) combines two collections of late Ming vernacular short stories, Chuke Pai'an Jingqi (1628) and Erke Pai'an Jingqi (1632), written by Ling Mengchu and paired with the Sanyan trilogy.
Erra (band)
Erra (band): American progressive metalcore band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed 2009; also tagged djent. Members J.T. Cavey, Jesse Cash, Clint Tustin, Conor Hesse, Alex Ballew; albums Impulse through Silence Outlives the Earth.
Erra-imitti
Erra-imitti was a king of Isin in Mesopotamia, reigning c. 1868–1861 BC, best known for the story that a gardener replaced him on his throne.
Errana
Errana, also known as Errapragada, was a 14th-century Telugu poet at the court of Prolaya Vema Reddy who completed the Aranya Parva of the Andhra Mahabharatam and wrote the Harivamsamu.
Erratic Robot
The Erratic is a differential-drive mobile robot platform built by Videre Design and developed by Kurt Konolige, inventor of the Pioneer robots, used widely in research.
Erratum
An erratum (plural errata) is a formal notice correcting a publisher-introduced production error in a published work, distinct from a corrigendum (author error), a retraction (withdrawn findings), and an expression of concern; the corrected article remains citable.
Errementari
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil is a 2017 Basque-language Spanish folk-horror film directed by Paul Urkijo Alijo, adapted from the folktale Patxi Errementaria, about a blacksmith who tortures a captive demon until orphan Usue frees it.
Errera Channel
Errera Channel (Chenal d'Errera) is a 9 km Antarctic channel between Rongé Island and the Danco Coast of Graham Land at 64°43'S, 62°36'W, charted by de Gerlache's 1897-99 Belgian expedition and named for Leo Errera.
Errett Lobban Cord
Errett Lobban Cord was an American automobile manufacturer who took control of the Auburn Automobile Company at 31 and built an empire including Duesenberg, losing it in 1937.
Erridupizir
Erridupizir, also written Erridu-pizir, was a Gutian ruler after the Akkadian dynasty, known from statue inscriptions at Nippur recording his execution of the king of Madga and campaigns against the Lullubi.
Erriyon Knighton
Erriyon Knighton (born 2004), American 200m sprinter from Tampa who broke Usain Bolt's U18 and U20 records, won world 200m bronze (2022) and silver (2023), and received a four-year doping ban in 2025.
Errol Barrow
Errol Barrow was the Barbadian statesman, called the Father of Independence, who led Barbados to independence from Britain in 1966 and served twice as Prime Minister.
Errol Brown
Errol Brown (Lester Errol Brown, 1943-2015), Jamaican-born British singer-songwriter, co-founder and frontman of Hot Chocolate; wrote "You Sexy Thing"; MBE 2003, Ivor Novello 2004.
Errol C. Friedberg
Errol C. Friedberg was a South African-born American biologist whose research established how cells repair DNA damage, especially in xeroderma pigmentosum, and who led pathology at UT Southwestern.
Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn (1909–1959), Australian-born Hollywood swashbuckler star of Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood; acquitted at his 1943 statutory rape trial; died in Vancouver aged 50.
Errol John
Errol John (1924–1988) was a Trinidadian actor and playwright who worked in Britain and is best known for Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, which won the Observer prize for best play in 1957.
Errol Morris
Errol Morris: American documentary filmmaker and author, director of The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, and The Unknown Known; Oscar winner, inventor of the Interrotron interview device.
Errol Musk
Errol Musk is a South African engineer, pilot, and property developer, father of Elon Musk. Known for the disputed Zambia emerald-mine claim, estrangement from his sons, 2025 abuse allegations he denies, and Moscow appearances.
Errol R. Norwitz
Errol R. Norwitz is a South African-born obstetrician-gynecologist and maternal-fetal medicine researcher, known for widely cited New England Journal of Medicine reviews, who became Chief Scientific Officer at Tufts Medical Center.
Errol Spence Jr.
Errol Spence Jr. (born 1990), "The Truth", American southpaw welterweight champion who held IBF, WBC, and WBA belts, lost by ninth-round TKO to Terence Crawford in 2023, then retired after a 2026 loss to Tim Tszyu.