English
Kinktober
Blend of kink + October, coined in 2016, possibly modelled after Inktober.
Proto-Indo-European *gang- ‘to mock, jeer, deride’
Proto-Germanic *kinkōną ‘to laugh’
Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn
Old English *cincian ‘to laugh loudly’
Middle English kinken
English kink
Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw ‘twice four’
Latin octō ‘eight’
Latin Octōber ‘eighth month’
Old French octobre ‘October (month)’
English October
The story
Blend of kink + October, coined in 2016, possibly modelled after Inktober.
Today it means
name An annual challenge in which artistic participants create works related to kink, such as illustrations or written works, for every day of October.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kinktober