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painplay en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pain + play.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.
    • But I'm curious -- what got you started doing BDSM? What fantasies were intense enough to drive you to try painplay in the first place? 2002 June 24, Janet Hardy, “Re: sub vs bottom”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (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):
    • 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):