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dom drop

dom drop noun: a state of low spirits experienced by dominants after BDSM play.

Noun

dom drop (uncountable)

  1. A state of low spirits experienced by dominants after BDSM play.
    • Years later. I’d learn that this phenomenon is called “sub drop.” The physical pain of BDSM play causes endorphins and adrenaline to spike, and when those hormones subside, the return to normalcy often feels sad and confusing. (“Dom drop” can happen to tops, too.) But since John and I didn’t yet...2016, Jillian Keenan, Sex with Shakespeare: Here's Much To Do With Pain, But More With Love
    • Emotionally, the reality of everything you’ve just done can catch up with you in the moments after play; you may feel embarrassed, ashamed, guilty, confused, empty or sad. These reactions are common enough to have earned names within the kink community: submissives are said to experience ‘sub...2021, Kate Sloan, 101 Kinky Things Even You Can Do, Laurence King Publishing, →ISBN

Forms of dom drop

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alternative formdom-drop

Origin of dom drop

Compound of dom + drop.

Questions about dom drop

What does dom drop mean?
Dom drop means a state of low spirits experienced by dominants after BDSM play.
What part of speech is dom drop?
Dom drop is a noun.

Words near dom drop in the dictionary

  1. Dolyhir
  2. Dolyna
  3. Dolynska
  4. Dolywern
  5. dom
  6. dom drop
  7. Dom João
  8. dom palm
  9. dom palms
  10. Dom Pedro
  11. Dom Pedros

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