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kinkshaming

kinkshaming is the present participle and gerund of kinkshame.

Meaning of kinkshame

Verb

kinkshame (third-person singular simple present kinkshames, present participle kinkshaming, simple past and past participle kinkshamed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To mock, shame, bully, harass, condemn, or make fun of (someone) for or because of their sexual preferences or interests, or fetishes.
    • This abomination, which stands for "Daddy Dom Little Girl" is essentially pedophilia-lite and is super uncomfortable, abusive, and wildly problematic. Yes, I'm kinkshaming.2018 May 7, Rebecca Goldstein, “DDLG Ruins the Party Again”, in Binghamton Review, Binghamton Review, page 13
  2. (transitive) To mock, shame, or condemn (a sexual preference or fetish).
    • “Of all this world's perversities, there is only one I cannot abide: the kink-shame. I'm off!” “You can't walk out! I'm walking out!”2025 May 11, Monica Padrick, “Don Tyxote” (11:26 from the start), in Krapopolis, season 2, episode 21, spoken by Shlub (Matt Berry)

Questions about kinkshaming

What is kinkshaming the present participle and gerund of?
Kinkshaming is the present participle and gerund of kinkshame.

Words near kinkshaming in the dictionary

  1. kinks on
  2. kinks out
  3. kinkshame
  4. kinkshamed
  5. kinkshames
  6. kinkshaming
  7. kinkster
  8. kinksters
  9. kinkstress
  10. kinkstresses
  11. Kinktober

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kinkshaming (page history and authors); kinkshame (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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