BDSM Glossary
Ageplay
It is a form of play in which a physically adult person takes on the role of a child. This practice is often used in BDSM. Child role-play scenarios are often used in fetish play and spanking.
Ballbusting
Also known as CBT, short for "cock and ball torture," it involves the torture and beating of a man's genitals.
Ageplay
It is a form of play in which a physically adult person takes on the role of a child. This practice is often used in BDSM. Child role-play scenarios are often used in fetish play and spanking.
Ballbusting
Also known as CBT, short for "cock and ball torture," it involves the torture and beating of a man's genitals.
Bastinado
Existence Through the Soles of the Feet
Bondage
Bondage (or erotic restraint) is one of the most common BDSM practices. It is an erotic technique that involves restricting a partner's mobility.
Breathplay
A practice that involves breath control.
Castration
An extreme practice in which a man is castrated by a woman. In the presence of the slave’s owner, the slave is castrated by having his testicles removed. This takes the form of rituals, the purpose of which is for the slave to make the ultimate sacrifice—he gives his manhood to the woman, who accepts it as an irrevocable gift and proof of his devotion.
CB (chastity belts)
A chastity belt prevents the slave from reaching orgasm, and some types even prevent an erection. These belts are made of metal or plastic. The slave’s sexual activity is entirely in the hands of Madam.
CBT (cock and ball torture)
A practice focused on the male genitals. There are many methods (wax, ice, piercing with needles, whipping, weighting, etc.).
Dildo Training
A practice in which a vibrator or strap-on dildo is inserted into a man's rectum.
Dogplay
It is a BDSM practice that involves one form of "roleplay"—in this case, the participants' attempt to adopt the behaviors of a dog and its master.
Electroplay
This is a BDSM practice involving electrostimulation (ES) and electro-torture (ET), which utilizes the stimulating effects of electric current in BDSM practice.
Facesitting
Facesitting is a practice in which one partner sits on the other’s face. In this fetish, the person sitting on the face wears leather, latex, or stockings. Usually, a dominant woman sits on the face of a submissive man, but there are many variations.
Feminization
A practice of a psychological nature. It involves humiliating a man by having his mistress turn him into a woman. This includes forcing him to wear women’s clothing, apply makeup, and adopt feminine behavior, among other things. The purpose is to deepen the man’s submissiveness.
Fetish
A fetish is a practice focused on certain types of objects (underwear, shoes, stockings, leather, etc.) or body parts.
FootFetish
Foot fetish is a practice in which feet—whether bare, in pantyhose, or in shoes—are worshipped.
Fornifilia
Furniphilia is a practice in which people act as furniture—such as an armchair, a chair, etc.—and is classified as a form of bondage.
Heel Torture
This involves torture with stiletto heels; this practice is often part of trampling.
High-Heel Trampling
A practice focused on stepping on a naked body while wearing stiletto heels.
Houseboy
House boy, or domestic servant. The training involves demonstrating all household chores.
Malemaid
A practice in which a man, in the role of a maid, is dressed in women's undergarments. His duty is to care for his mistress in this role, with all that it entails. The mistress who owns this maid must ensure that he is guided toward proper behavior and cleanliness.
Milking
Ejaculation without orgasm, caused by prostate massage, is used in TD and CB practices. Essentially, it is the collection of semen without pleasure.
Nipple Torture
This practice involves torturing the nipples (with pins, clamps, weights, etc.).
Chastity belt
A chastity belt is a device (essentially a piece of clothing) designed to prevent sexual intercourse or masturbation. It is used primarily in BDSM practices.
Pissing
Pissing is a practice that involves urinating on a partner; it is often used in BDSM as a form of humiliation.
Ponyplay
Similar to dogplay, but here the submissive person portrays a horse. A common form of BDSM.
POT
Post-orgasm torture – torture involving repeated and controlled orgasms.
Public
Here, people engage in sexual activities in public—sometimes discreetly, other times deliberately in the open. A widespread form of BDSM.
Retifism
A type of fetishism focused on women's shoes.
Teabagging
Placing the testicles on a woman's face or in her mouth. This is essentially the same as oral sex.
Scrotching
A practice that involves scratching the skin with one's fingernails, often until it bleeds.
Snakeplay
Snakeplay (also known as "snake play" or "worm play") is a form of BDSM roleplay in which the submissive partner takes on the role of a snake or a worm. Snakeplay is not so much about physical pain as it is about psychological humiliation.
Spanking
"Spanking" is an English term for a spanking performed as part of erotic play. It is a method that forms an integral part of sadomasochistic sexual practices. Spanking is based on the principle of erotic, physical, and psychological stimulation.
Switch
A person who is able to take on either a dominant or a submissive role depending on the situation; both come naturally to them.
T/D (teasing/denial)
A highly effective practice that involves sexually stimulating the slave but then denying him orgasm. This practice can be short-term or long-term. The slave is then constantly sexually frustrated, which leads to greater obedience, devotion, and a desire to fulfill every wish. The use of a chastity belt is also related to this (see “CB”).
Trampling
Trampling is a BDSM practice in which the dominant partner steps on or stomps on the submissive partner’s body. This practice can be made even more erotic by using bare feet, stockings, etc. (elements of foot fetishism); the pain can be intensified by wearing high heels, and in addition to physical pain, it also involves psychological humiliation.
Tickling
Torturing a submissive person by tickling them.
Urethral play
Playing with a submissive's urinary openings, such as catheterization, etc. Again, a common practice in BDSM.
Violet Wand
A form of electroplay that uses high-frequency and high-voltage stimulation to reach even the deeper layers of nerve tissue, using ionizers and similar devices.
Wax play
A very common BDSM practice: pouring hot wax over a partner's body. A widely practiced BDSM activity.
Whipping
Whipping is, along with foot fetishism, another classic practice that captures the essence of a D/s relationship. Whether whipping is merely symbolic or not depends on its intensity.