Definitions

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  • noun initialism, uncountable sexual practices or activities involving bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism, or acts of domination and submission.

Etymologies

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Contracted abbreviation of bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism.

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Examples

  • I don't know how widely known this is, but from those who move in BDSM circles, I have learned the trick that, if your partner is having problems controlling his reaction to pain, light stroking or tickling, particularly along the midline of the body, helps a lot.

    The Benefits of Tickling Heather McDougal 2009

  • If such things interest you, your best bet would be to interview people in BDSM communities, for instance the House of V. September 4, 2007 6: 45 AM pixel bailey said ...

    Get me excited about 'XCite' pixel bailey 2007

  • There's a large shopping area, a big castle-looking club where I saw people dancing and engaging in BDSM activities.

    Archive 2007-09-01 pixel bailey 2007

  • There's a large shopping area, a big castle-looking club where I saw people dancing and engaging in BDSM activities.

    Sexstination #14 - House of V pixel bailey 2007

  • BDSM is not about humiliating another person for your own self-esteem.

    Archive 2007-08-01 pixel bailey 2007

  • BDSM is not about humiliating another person for your own self-esteem.

    Sexstination #10 - Bound and Determined Fetish Club pixel bailey 2007

  • In writing The Dark Garden, Eden has penned a story that elucidates the psychological and emotional journey in BDSM for not only her main characters, but her secondary ones as well.

    A Diva Review – THE DARK GARDEN 2007

  • Now, the contract may have been forged (as his lawyer's alleging) or incomplete (he may have presented this in the context that "I've written what you will do, now you write your contract for me," though I doubt it), but to automatically defend something because "It's BDSM" is wrong.

    A Note On The Sick Dude With The Contract And All 2006

  • BDSM is consensual, between two people who have agreed to it, and the very language of the contract denies any consensual nature to this.

    A Note On The Sick Dude With The Contract And All 2006

  • CLICK HERE TO GO TO THEIR SITE AND SEE THIS ISSUE (or buy it) First off, my one complaint (and it’s minor, mostly related to the fact I have a job and family that it effects) is that this issue is riddled with scantily clad model photos in BDSM poses.

    City Slab Mabazine - and dissapointing Scott Turow deep_bluze 2005

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