free use
/friː juːs/
free use noun: a kink in which someone consents to being available to have sex with or to be "used" by their partner at any time.
Noun
free use (uncountable)
- A kink in which someone consents to being available to have sex with or to be "used" by their partner at any time.
- In some cases, free use takes place within a BDSM dynamic, and will make use of kinkier things like bondage, sensory deprivation and even other people to enhance the fantasy. But in others, free use is perfectly vanilla.2021 March 13, Isabelle Kohn, “Anytime, Anywhere: The Growing Appeal of the Free-Use Fetish”, in MEL Magazine, Marina del Rey, Calif.: Recurrent Ventures, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023
- In practice, free use is an arrangement between two consenting adults. One partner has the liberty to initiate sex without asking and without foreplay, whether the other partner is occupied, asleep, or what have you.2023 August 18, Magdalene Taylor, “What’s the ‘Free Use’ Fetish, and Why’s Everyone Talking About It?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, use.
- What rules artists have about usage of their sprites can be various. […] The main permission levels are these: ¶ Free use, where anybody can take them and use them for anything they want without credit, although obviously not claiming them as their own. […]2016 August, antialiasis, “Proving sprite theft”, in The Cave of Dragonflies, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2016
Questions about free use
- What does free use mean?
- Free use means a kink in which someone consents to being available to have sex with or to be "used" by their partner at any time.
- What part of speech is free use?
- Free use is a noun.
- How do you pronounce free use?
- Free use is pronounced /friː juːs/.
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