ICE PLAY
This type of Sensation Play is when someone uses ice cubes (or other frozen items like ice pops, a glass toy that was put in the freezer, etc.) on a person’s body, such as their genital areas, nipples, and other erogenous zones. Like other types of sensation play used to stimulate a person’s body for the goal of sexual arousal and heightened excitement, ice play can also be used as a way to torment, torture, and/or Discipline a submissive within the realm of BDSM scenarios.
IMMOBILIZATION
Any form of bondage or restraints that renders a person unable to move, hence, immobilized. This can be implemented within the BDSM community as a way for a Dominant to control and/or Discipline their submissive, as an end to itself and/or prior to further play leading to sexual arousal.
IMPACT PLAY
A term used within the BDSM community to refer to when a Dominant uses whips, crops, paddles, floggers, and / or other implements on a submissive’s body parts in order to discipline, stimulate, and/or subdue them.
KINK
A term referring to sexual practices that fall outside of cultural “norms”; includes BDSM, Sensory Play, and other “unconventional” or “taboo” activities. A Kink is distinct from a Fetish in that kinks are optional explorations for an individual to experience arousal. In contrast, someone with a particular fetish has an involuntary sexual arousal response to the given subject or activity (e.g., foot fetish, latex, Leather, Hotwifing, Exhibitionism, etc.). For example, someone with a foot fetish might get aroused just by seeing someone’s bare feet; whereas, someone who has a kink for Bondage might not get aroused by the mere sight of rope. Someone engaging in kinky sex might try Roleplay or Bondage, for example, and they can return to “Vanilla” sex and still enjoy the experience.
LEATHER
A material usually made by tanning animal rawhide and skins that are both durable and flexible. Vegan leather is made with polyurethane rather than animal hides. In a sexual and Kink context, leather can be a Fetish in which a person is sexually aroused by touching, wearing, smelling, and/or seeing leather, leather implements (such as a leather flogger, leather paddle, etc.), and/or leather garments.
LIFESTYLE
Usually refers to the Open, Swinging, or Kink communities and lifestyles.
LTR
Acronym meaning “Long Term Relationship,” which may be a term used in virtual dating profiles.
