noun
prepubescent girl; young girl; childlike young woman
Colloquial abbreviation of ロリータ. Refers to a young or young-looking girl, often with a nuance of cuteness or innocence. Can be used neutrally or in otaku contexts.
See also: ロリータ
あの子はまだ小学生だけど、ロリっぽい雰囲気がある。
That kid is still in elementary school, but she has a loli-like vibe.
彼はロリキャラが好きだ。
He likes loli characters.
noun
lolicon; sexual attraction to prepubescent girls; male pedophile; male pedophilia
Abbreviation of ロリコン. Can refer to the attraction itself or a person with such attraction. Strongly associated with otaku and manga/anime subcultures. Potentially offensive.
See also: ロリコン
彼はロリだと言われている。
He is said to be a lolicon.
その漫画にはロリ的な描写がある。
That manga has lolicon-like depictions.
ロリ is a colloquial shortening of ロリータ, which originally refers to the novel 'Lolita' or a fashion style, but in Japanese otaku culture it often means a young or young-looking girl.
ロリコン explicitly means 'Lolita complex' (attraction to young girls) or a person with such complex. ロリ can be used as an abbreviation for ロリコン in sense 2.
Abbreviation of ロリータ (Lolita), from the title of Vladimir Nabokov's novel. Entered Japanese through otaku and manga subcultures.