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painplay

painplay noun: any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.

Noun

painplay (uncountable)

  1. Any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.
    • I do not have much experience with painplay, and am not sure how much I'll be able to take, but I'm prepared to find out.1996 December 17, k'Shandra, “Reflections on Safewording (long)”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet)
    • I was originally into plain old bondage, but have found that both submission and painplay are things that I can eroticize.2000 December 24, Sockermom9 [username], “Re: Psycology^([sic]) of BDSM”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet)

Origin of painplay

From pain + play.

Questions about painplay

What does painplay mean?
Painplay means any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.
What part of speech is painplay?
Painplay is a noun.

Words near painplay in the dictionary

  1. painmakers
  2. painmaking
  3. Paino
  4. paino nobiles
  5. Painos
  6. painplay
  7. painproof
  8. pains
  9. pains au chocolat
  10. pains aux raisins
  11. pains d'épices

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