oculophilia

thumb|Licking eyeballs may cause viral conjunctivitis (pictured).

Oculolinctus, also known as "worming" or eyeball-licking, refers to the practice of licking eyeballs for erotic gratification. In mid-2013, English-language newspapers reported that this kink had allegedly become popular in Japan, where it was referred to as . However, other media have reported that the existence of this practice is a hoax based on a story in a Japanese tabloid and many of the originally reporting articles were corrected or retracted as being possibly a hoax. The fetish for the eyes in particular is called oculophilia.