The Kinklist Project: Glossary

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4 min readAug 9, 2019

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Ageplay: Sexual arousal by fantasizing about a younger or older partner (typically much younger or older)

Anal Fisting: Penetrating the anus with a hand or clenched first

Bestiality: Sexual arousal due to, or sex with, animals

Breath Play: Sexual activity involving the temporary deprivation of breath or reduction in oxygen availability. Overlays significantly with erotic asphyxiation.

Chastity: Deliberate avoidance of sexual activity

Cheating: Sexual arousal by cheating on a partner or being cheated on by a partner

Cuckold/Cuckquean: Men aroused by their (typically female) partners having sex with other men (cuckold), or women aroused by their (typically male) partners having sex with other women. This often but not always involves humiliation.

Cum play: Sexual activity involving manipulation of cum

Cunnilingus: Licking and/or sucking the clitoris and labia of a female partner

DD/lg: Short for Daddy Dom/little girl. A type of dominant/submissive relationship in which the male partner assumes the role of a father-figure and the female partner that of a younger female. May include child-like things such as stuffed animals, reading bed-time stories and spankings, although this is not to be confused with pedophilia, since all participants are above the age of consent.

Diapers: Sexual activity in which one partner is wearing diapers. Often done in parallel with watersports of scat play.

Double Penetration: Being penetrated simultaneously in two orifices. Typically refers to vaginal and anal penetration of a female participant, although males can be anally and orally penetrated.

Edging: a form of sexual activity (typically masturbation) in which the recipient almost achieves orgasm (coming to the “edge” of orgasm) and then stops. This process is typically repeated a number of times

Electro Stimulation: A sexual practice that involves the application of electrical stimuli to a partner. Often applied to the genitals.

Encasement: A sexual fetish whereby a person becomes aroused by having their entire body enclosed

Exhibitionism: Sexual arousal due to being watched by others engaging in sex and/or in a undressed state.

Facials: Ejaculating on a partner’s face; having a partner ejaculate on your face

Feminization: A type of dominance/submission play wherein one partner is trained or forced to act in an exaggerated feminie manner.

Fisting: Insertion of an entire hand or fist in an orifice, typically a vagina or anus.

Foot Play: Sexual arousal by feet; sexual activity involving feet, ie licking, stroking, touching

Forced Orgasm: In the context of BDSM sex, forced orgasm refers to sexually stimulating a partner who has no control over the stimulation (typically due to restraints) until they climax.

Furry: A sexual interest in anthropomorphized animals. This often manifests as sex or sexual activity in which one or both partners is wearing an animal costume.

Futanari: or simply Futa, derives from the Japanese word for hermaphroditism (to be of two kinds). This typically refers to types of anime or fantasy play based thereon involving characters that have both primary sexual characteristics. According to wikipedia, this almost exclusively refers to feminine characters who have both male and female genitalia.

Gangbang: A form of sexual activity in which many people (typically men) have sex with a single person (a man or woman)

Glory Hole: A sexual device for anonymous or pseudo-anonymous sex consisting of a barrier with one or more holes cut through it. One partner inserts their penis or other appendage through the and the partner on the other side performs manual, oral, vaginal or anal sex on the proffered body part.

Impregnation: Fantasies involving being impregnated or impregnating one’s partner.

Incest: Sexual activity with a close relative (typically parent, child or sibling)

JOI: Acronym for Jerk-off-instructions. A fetish in which someone is instructed how and in what manner to masturbate.

Lactation: Sexual arousal due to breast milk

MD/lb: Short for Mother Domme/little boy. A type of dominant/submissive relationship in which the female partner assumes the role of a mother-figure and the female partner that of a younger boy. May include child-like things such as stuffed animals, reading bed-time stories and spankings, although this is not to be confused with pedophilia, since all participants are above the age of consent.

Monster or Alien: Arousal at the thought of sex with monsters or aliens

Necrophilia: Sexual arousal by corpses; sexual activity with corpses.

Orgasm Denial: a form of sex play in which oneself or one’s partner is kept in a heightened state of sexual arousal for a period of time without orgasm.

Pegging: The act of penetrating a partner with a strap-on dildo

Pet Play: Sexual activity in which one partner (typically) assumes the role of a non-human animal, often a domestic pet such as a cat or dog.

Power Exchange: A type of BDSM relationship where one partner assumes total control of the other, with service and obedience being the core values of the relationship.

Pregnancy: Sexual activity with a pregnant person, sexual activity while pregnant. Not to be confused with impregnation.

Rimming: Licking the anus of a partner, having a partner lick your anus. Also known as analingus

Scat: Sexual activity involving feces or fecal matter

Sensation Play: a class of activities centering on physical sensations, such as touching, stroking, or using ice or other implements. Often contrasted with mental forms of play in BDSM.

Sleep Play: Sexual arousal by someone who is unconscious or sleeping; Sexual arousal by being unconscious or sleeping during sexual activity.

Sounding: Penetration of the urethra with a thin rob, typically metal or plastic

Transformation: Sexual arousal by the thought of transformations, typically of people into other beings or objects

Tentacles: Sex with tentacled creatures; penetration by tentacles.

Vore: Short for voraphilia, a sexual fetish in which one fantasizes about being eaten, or eating a partner. This can involve (more commonly) being swallowed whole, often called “soft vore”, or (less commonly) being chewed and/or torn, often called “hard vore”.

Voyeurism: Sexual arousal by watching others engage in sex and/or in an undressed state

Watersports: Being urinated on or urinating on a partner

Worship (Cock/Pussy/Ass): Ceremonial worshiping of a body part, typically of a dominant, by a submissive. Typically involves attention to/acts on said body part.

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