Koro vs Kero - What's the difference?
koro | kero |
(psychology) A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death.
(AU, NZ, colloquial) Kerosene.
*1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 293:
*:The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.
