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GLOSSARY
of
Fetish, BDSM and Sexual Terms
Abduction: to kidnap or carry a person away by
force, also
used in sex play
Abrasions: scratching or rubbing off skin
Abstinence: celibacy
Acmegenesis: orgasm
Acomoclitic: preference for hairless genitals
Acousticophilia: arousal from sounds
Acrophilia: arousal from heights or high altitudes
Acrotomophilia: sexual preference for amputees
Actirasty: arousal from exposure to sun's rays
Acucullophallia: circumcision
Acupressure: pressure points on body that induce
certain
responses, some sexual
Adolescentilism: cross-dressing or playing the role
of an
adolescent
Agalmatophilia: arousal from statues or manikins;
also
called pygmalionism
Agenobiosis: married couple who consent to live
together
without sex
Agonophilia: person who is aroused by partner
pretending to
struggle
Agoraphilia: arousal from open spaces or having sex
in
public
Agrexophilia: arousal from others knowing you are
having
sex
Albutophilia: arousal from water
Algophilia: arousal from experiencing pain
Aliphineur: person using lotion to arouse partner
Alloerasty: use of nudity of another person to
arouse partner
Allopellia: having orgasm from watching others
engaging in
sex
Allorgasmia: arousal from fantasizing about someone
other
than one's partner
Allotriorasty: arousal from partners of other
nations or races
Alphamegamia: arousal from partner of different age
group
Altocalciphilia: high heel fetish
Alvinolagnia: stomach fetish
Amatripsis: masturbation by rubbing labia together
Amaurophilia: preference for a blind or blindfolded
sex
partner
Amomaxia: sex in a parked car
Ambisexual: bi-sexual
Amelotasis: attraction to absence of limb
Amelotation: loss of a limb
Amokoscisia: arousal or sexual frenzy with desire to
slash
or mutilate women
Amphisexual: bi-sexual
Amychesis: act of scratching partner during sexual
passion
Anaclitism: arousal from items used as infant
Analinctus: licking anus
Analingus: rimming or penetration of anus with tongue
Anasteemaphilia: attraction to taller or shorter
partners
Androgyny: having both male & female
characteristics
Androgynophilia: bi-sexual
Androidism: arousal from robots with human features
Andromania: nymphomania
Androminetophilia: arousal from female partner who
dresses
like male
Androsodomy: anal sex with a male partner
Anililagnia: arousal from older female sex partner
Anisonogamist: attraction to either older or younger
partner
Anocratism: anal sex
Amomaxia: sex in parked car
Anomeatia: anal sex with a female partner
Anophelorastia: arousal from defiling or ravaging a
partner
Anophilemia: kissing anus
Anoraptus: rapist who only attacks elderly women
Antholagnia: arousal from smelling flowers
Anthropomorphism: attributing human characteristics
to
half-human half-animal characters
Anthropophagolagnia: rape with cannibalism
Anthropophagy: cannibalism
Apellous: circumcision
Aphallatia: celibacy
Aphrodisiacs: drugs (natural or synthetic)
stimulating a sexual
response
Apistia: adultery
Apotemnophilia: person who has sexual fantasies about
loosing a limb
Arachnephilia: arousal from spiders
Arrhenothigmophilous: nymphomania
Arsometry: anal sex
Artificial insemination: deposit of sperm into the
vagina by
methods other than male penetration of the vagina
Asceticism: religious self-denial often including
celibacy
Asphyxiaphilia: arousal from lack of oxygen
Asthenolagnia: arousal from weakness or being
humiliated
Astyphia: impotence
Asynodia: celibacy particularly due to impotence
Autagonistophilia: exhibitionism, arousal from
exposing
naked body or genitals to strangers while on stage or while
being photographed
Autassassinophilia: arousal from orchestrating one's
own
death by the hands of another
Autoerotic Asphyxia: arousal from oxygen deprivation
and
sometimes risk of dying
Autogynephilia: arousal from crossdressing
Automasochism: arousal from inflicting intense
sensations
or pain on one's own body
Autoerotica: self induced arousal (i.e. fantasies or
other
aids)
Automysophilia: arousal from being dirty or defiled
Autonepiophilia: infantilism; arousal from dressing
or being
treated like infant
Autopederasty: person inserting their own penis into
their
anus
Autophagy: self-cannibalism or eating own flesh
Autosadism: infliction of pain or injury on oneself
Avisodomy: breaking neck of bird while penetrating
it for sex
Axillism: penis penetrating an arm pit
Ball dancing: bell dancing; self flagellation by
hanging fruit
from hooks in skin
Bardajes: young gay male lover
Barosmia: arousal from smell
Basoexia: arousal from kissing
Bath house: commercial baths, some of which allow
sex on
premises
Bed of Nails: lying on a bed of nails for sensory
enhancement
Bee stings: the use of bees, such as to sting
genitals
Bell dancing: self-flagellation with bells or other
ornaments
hanging the skin
Belonephilia: arousal from use of needles
Bestiality: zoophilia; sex with animals
Bi-Sexuality: people with sexual attraction for both
sexes
Biastophilia: those preferring to violently rape
their victims
Bigynist: sex between one male and two females
Bihari surgery: cutting ligament above penis to make
it
appear longer
Bindings: wrapping feet or genitals with string or
lace
Bivirist: sex between one female and two males
Blastolagnia: person aroused by young females
Blindfolding: covering the eyes
Blood Sports: sex games which involve blood
Borderline self-mutilator: automasochism
Body Painting: temporary designs drawn on body
Body Worship: sex game where partner is made to adore
another's body
Bondage: physical or mental restriction of partner
Bordellos: houses of prostitution
Bottom: passive partner who experiences stimuli
during sex
games, masochist, slave, submissive
Botulinonia: using a sausage as a dildo
Bouginonia: female masturbation from the use of
objects
such as dildos that stretch open the vagina
Brachioprotic eroticism: a deep form of fisting
where the
arm enters the anus
Bradycubia: slow movement during penetration
Branding:
burning patterns or initials into flesh
Buggery: [slang] anal sex
Bundling: partners sleeping together clothed and
without sex
Bushie Mall: agoraphilia; sex in an open area
Butt plugs: anal inserts used for masturbation
Candaulism: spouse who watches partner having sex
with
someone else
Caning: whipping that uses a switch or cane to
discipline
partner
Capnolagnia: arousal from watching others smoke
Castration: removal of the scrotum, testicles,
ovaries, or
penis
Cat Fighting: women fighting without rules and often
tearing
off each other's clothing
Catamites: young gay male lovers
Cataphilist: male submitting to female
Catatasis: stretching of the penis
Catheters: insertion of plastic tube into urethra
Catheterophilia: arousal from use of catheters
Celibacy: abstinence from sex
Chastity: enforced sexual abstinence
Chastity Belts: leather or metal belts used to
prevent genital
penetration
Chemise Cagoule: long heavy night shirt with hole
for penis
Chezolagnia: masturbating while defecating
Choreophilia: dancing to orgasmic release
Chrematistophilia: person aroused by having to pay
for sex
or having sex partner steal from them (see also
harpaxophilia)
Chronophilia: arousal from passage of time; arousal
from
older partner
Chubby Chasers: [slang] people who are aroused by
obesity in
partner
Cicatrization: scarring
Circumcision: the removal of foreskin on genitals
Clamps: metal, plastic, or wood fasteners used on
nipples
or genitals
Claustrophilia: arousal from being confined in small
space
Clitoridectomy: surgical removal of the clitoris
Clitorilingus: licking a clitoris
Clitoromania: nymphomania
Cock Rings: rings placed around the base of the male
genitals to maintain erections
Cocktails: drinking of body secretions from a glass
Coitobalnism: sex in a bathtub
Coitolimia: tremendous sexual drive
Coitophobia: fear of sexual intercourse
Coitus: sexual penetration with orgasm
Coitus analis: anal sex
Coitus a Mammilla: penetration of penis between
breasts
Coitus à Unda: sex or sex games in water
Coitus interuptus or reservatus: birth control
method where male
withdraws penis before ejaculation
Colobosis: mutilation or castration of penis
Condoms: latex or animal intestine used as shield to
guard
against skin-to-skin contact with partner's genitals
Constrictions: bondage using rows of strings
Compulsive cruising: compulsive search for sex
partners
Computer sex: the use of computers for sex games,
communication, and erotic photography
Commasculation: homosexuality
Concubinage: use of female slaves as sex partners;
living
with sex partner without being married
Confessions: Admitting a sin; in some cases to arouse
potential partner
Coprography: writing obscene words or phrases,
usually in
public toilets
Coprolagnia: arousal from feces
Coprolalia: arousal from using obscene language or
writing
Coprophagy: the consumption of feces
Coprophilia: arousal from playing with feces, also
called scat
Coproscopist: arousal from watching a person defecate
Corsetting: body modification or oxygen restriction
from
using corsets
Corvus: fellatio
Costumes: the use of costumes in sexual fantasy play
Courtesans: the mistress of a king or nobleman
Courtship: the period before marriage where a person
tries
to entice the other into a commitment
Couvade: custom where male mimics child birth or is
confined at time of wife's delivery
Couvade syndrome: a male who experiences symptoms of
pregnancy in sympathy for wife
Cratolagnia: arousal from strength of partner
Cross dressing: a person who wears the apparel of the
opposite sex
Crurofact: leg fetish
Cryptoscopophilia: desire to see behavior of others
in
privacy of their home, not necessarily sexual
Cuckoldry: a man whose wife has sex or becomes
impregnated by a man other than himself
Cunnilalia: to talk about female genitals
Cunnilingus: oral sex on a woman
Cupping: drawing blood to the surface of skin by
placing
heated glass jars onto the skin
Cutting: cicatrization, or scarring of skin for
sexual purposes
Cyesolagnia: pregnant woman fetish
Cymbalism: lesbianism
Cynophilia: arousal from sex with dogs
Cyprieunia: sex with a prostitute
D'Eon, Chevalier: French cross-dresser from whom the
term "Eonism" is derived
Dacnolagnomania: lust murder
Dacrylagnia: arousal from seeing tears in the eyes
of a
partner
Dacryphilia: person who is aroused by seeing their
partner
cry
Dame de voyage: dolls designed for genital
penetration,
often used by sailors
Danse du ventre: erotic or fertility dancing; belly
dance
Dating services: agencies arranging for strangers to
meet
each other, usually for a fee
Day belts: chastity device used for short day
excursions
De Clerambault's syndrome: erotomania Defecolagnia:
arousal from defecation
Defilement: arousal from partner or self becoming
dirty or
wet
Deliberate self-harm syndrome: automasochism
Dendrophilia: arousal from tree or fertility worship
of them
Depilation: shaving, waxing, or other type of hair
removal
Dermagraphism: marks left on the skin of a partner
by biting,
scratching or sucking
Dermaphilia: doraphilia; sexual stimulus from skin
Deviance: paraphilia; practice that deviates from
the majority
of society
Dildos and Plugs: instruments used for genital
penetration
Discipline: punishment and control of a partner in
sex play
Diseases (STD or VD): sexually transmitted diseases,
also
called venereal diseases
Divertissement: paraphilia
Docking: slipping one partner's foreskin over the
glans penis
of another
Dogging: couples who engage in sex in their car while
others watch from outside
Doleros: algophilia; arousal from pain
Dominance/Submission: power exchange between partners
Domme/Dom: Female (Dominatrix) /Male Top who
controls fetish sessions
Doraphilia: arousal from animal fur, leather, or skin
Douches: rinsing out the anus or vagina with liquids
Dowry: sum of money or goods paid to parents of
future
husband or wife
Dungeons: rooms that are decorated for SM play
Dysmorphophilia: arousal from deformed or physically
impaired partners
Ecdemolagnia: arousal from traveling or being away
from
home
Ecdyosis: arousal from removing clothes in front of
others
Ecorchement: flagellation
Ecouteurism: listening to others having sex without
consent
Ederacinism: to tear out sex organs by the roots as
in a
frenzy or to punish oneself for sexual cravings
Ejaculatio praecox: premature ejaculation
Electrophilia: arousal from electrical stimulus
Electrolysis: an electrical method of removing hair
Elopement: hasty and clandestine marriage without
consent
of family members
Emetophilia: Roman shower; arousal from vomit
Endytolagnia: arousal only from partners who are
clothed
Endytophilia: arousal only from partners who are
clothed
Enema: the insertion and expulsion of fluids into
the anus
Entomophilia: arousal from insects or using, them in
sex
play
Eonism: crossdressing
Episioclisia: suturing of the labia majora;
infibulation
Eproctolagniac: person aroused by flatulence
Eproctophilia: arousal from flatulence
Erotica: sexual literature and photos
Erotographomania: arousal from writing love poems or
letters
Erotomania: people who develop an unreasonable love
of a
stranger or person not interested in them
Erotophobia: fear of sexual love
Essayeurs: men who were hired by bordellos to become
sexual with women so that timid clients would follow their
lead
Eugenics: belief that only the fittest should
impregnate
women
Eunuchs: castrated men
Executions: a legal death sentence, some people
become
aroused by watching executions
Exhibitionism: exposing body to inappropriate and
nonconsenting people for arousal
Exmuliebrate: castration
Exophilia: neophilia; fetish for the unusual or
bizarre
Fainting: passing out or losing consciousness
Famulus: slaves, family
Fantasy: mental image or illusion, sometimes sexual
Fantasy Play: acting out sexual fantasies
Felching: sucking semen out of vagina or anus post
coitus
Fellatio: oral sex on a male
Female impersonators: men who dress in women's
clothing, often for pay
Fetishes: objects or expressions of obsessive desire
Fibula: bar that runs through foreskin of male and
attaches
to semi-circle device, used by Romans to prevent
intercourse
Fisting: inserting a fist or hand into the vagina or
anus
Flagellation: striking a person with an object
Flatulence: passing gas from bowels/ [slang] fart
Flatuphilia: arousal from having partner pass gas
Flirting: pretending to have affection for another
person
Florentine girdle: chastity belt
Foot binding: the wrapping of feet, done by Chinese
and
others
Foot fetish: podophilia
Frottage: rubbing body against partner or object for
arousal
Furor uterinus: nymphomania
Galateism: agalmatophilia; sexual attraction to
statues
Gamahucheur: cunnilingus
Gamophobia: fear of marriage
Gang Bangs: sex with a series of waiting partners
Gay: person who prefers same sex lover
Geishas: Japanese women used as social companions
Gemellus: testicles
Genitals: sex organs of either male or female (penis,
testicles, scrotum, clitoris, vagina, G-spot, cervix, etc.)
Gendoloma: the use of sexual fantasies to hasten
orgasm
Genofact: genital fetish
Genuphallation: insertion of penis between the knees
of a
partner
Gerontophilia: attraction to a partner whose age is
that of
different generation
Girdle of Venus: chastity belt
Golden Enemas and Douches: urine deposited into anus
or
vagina
Golden showers: urinating onto a partner's body
Gomphipothic: arousal by the sight of teeth
Gonads: testicles
Graophilia: arousal from older female partner
Graphelagnia: arousal from photographs of nudity or
sex
Gregomulcia: arousal from being fondled in a crowd
Groping: feeling of unknown or unidentified person
in boxes,
suits, etc.
Group Sex: sex with more than one partner or in close
proximity of others
Groupies: erotomania; people who are devoted to or
who
follow celebrities
Gymnocryptosis: females talking about sex life of
husbands
Gymnophilia: arousal from nudity
Gynandromorphous: hermaphrodite
Gynecaeum: area where Greeks kept wives at home and
separated from other men
Gynecomania: compulsive desire for female sex
partners
Gynecozygous: lesbians
Gynelophilous: arousal from pubic hair
Gynemimesis: male-to-female cross dressing
Gynemimetophilia: person aroused by a male
impersonating
a female
Gynephonia: effeminate voice
Gynonudomanic: compulsion to rip clothes off others
-gyny: female or having female organs
Handkerchief Codes: color codes to identify sexual
preferences
Haptosis: non-consensual sexual touching
Harmatophobia: fear of sexual incompetence or making a
mistake
Harmatophilia: arousal from sexual incompetence or
mistakes, usually in female partner
Harnesses: body harnesses used in suspension or penis
restriction
Hedonism: act of indulging in pleasures of the body
Hedonophilia: sexual arousal from engaging in
pleasurable
activity
Hedralingus: licking anus
Hemerotism: daydreaming or fantasizing about sex or
nudity
Hermaphrodite: person who has both part female and male
genitalia
Hetaerae: the highest class Greek prostitute or female
companion
Heterophilia: arousal from members of the opposite
sex
Heterosexualism: arousal from members of the opposite
sex
Hierophilia: arousal from sacred objects
Hirsutophilia: arousal from armpit hair
Hodophilia: arousal from traveling
Homilophilia: sexual arousal from hearing or giving
sermons
Homoeroticism: sexual arousal from person of same sex
Homophilia: sexual arousal from person of same sex
Homophobia: fear of same gender sex partner
Homosexuality: arousal by partners of the same sex
Hot Wax: sex game where hot wax is melted onto
partner
Humiliation: sex game of degrading partner to
establish sexual power
Hybristophilia: love of someone who has committed an
outrage
Hygrophilia: arousal from body fluids or moisture
Hymenoclasis: surgical defloration of virgin
Hymenorrhaphy: suturing of the hymen; infibulation
Hymenorrhexis: defloration of hymen
Hyperphilia: compulsive desire for sex
Hyphephilia: arousal from touching skin, hair,
leather, fur or fabric
Hypnosis: act that induces a level of sleep
Iantronudia: arousal from exposing oneself to a
physician,
usually by faking an ailment
Iconolagny: arousal from pictures or statues of nude
people
Idiosyncrat: compulsive desire for sex
ldrophrodisia: arousal from the odor of perspiration,
especially from the genitals
Impotence: the inability to achieve enough tumescence to
penetrate a partner with one's penis
Incest: sex with close family member
Incubus: a spirit who was thought to lie on top of women and
have sex while they slept
Infanticide: the practice of killing a newborn child
Infantilism: cross-dressing as a young child for sex
play
Infibulation: closing penis/vagina with suture or ring
Inflatable dolls: plastic dolls that are designed for genital
penetration
Inspectionism: voyeurism
Insufflation: blowing air into a body cavity
Intergenerational: sex between partners with 20+ years age
difference
Interrogation: to ask questions, sometimes under
duress
Inunction: anointing or rubbing person with oil or
lather
Invert: arousal from person of same sex
Invirility: impotence
Ipserotic: Narcissism
Irrumation: fellatio
Ischolagny: avoidance of women to prevent arousal
-ism: act or abnormal condition classified by prefix
(i.e.,
transvestism)
-ist: person expert in field or adherent of prefix (i.e., sadist)
Iterandria: arousal from person of same sex
Jack gagger: a husband that procures men to pay for
sex
with his wife
Jactitation: a false boast that causes harm to
others,
sometimes sexual
Juvenilism: dressing or acting out role of a
juvenile,
sometimes sexual
Kabbazah Sex: tantra sex, male passive, female active
Karezza Sex: coitus reservatus
Kegel exercises: exercise of the pelvic muscles that
control
orgasm
Kleptolagnia: arousal from stealing
Kleptomania: compulsion to steal
Kleptophilia: arousal from stealing
Klismaphilia: arousal from enemas
Knismolagnia: arousal from tickling
Kokigami: the wrapping of the penis in a paper
costume
Kolpeuryntomania: stretching of the vagina
Labiorrhaphy: suturing of the labia
Lacing: suturing body parts to another object for
bondage
Lactaphilia: arousal from lactating breasts
-lagnia: lust, arousal
Lagnocolysis: celibacy
Lagnolalia: discussion of sexual subjects
Lagnoperissia: nymphomania
Lap dancing: squatting above a sitting person and
rubbing
against them to create arousal without touching genitals
Latex: rubber used specially for wearing or sex toys
Leptosadism: mild form of sadism
Lesbian: woman who prefers female lover
-lingus: suffix meaning with the tongue
Love: attachment, fondness, and devotion
Love potions: potions that are thought to increase a
person's
sexual desire
Lubricants: a substance that reduces friction, often
used to
facilitate penetration
Lygerastia: tendency to only be aroused in darkness
Macrogenitalism: arousal from large genitals
Maieusiophilia: arousal from pregnant women
Mammagymnophilia: arousal from female breasts
-mania: suffix indicating an abnormal preoccupation,
compulsion, or craving for an act or object
Manuxorate: male using his hand to masturbate
Maritate: female masturbating alone
Martymachlia: group sex
Maschalophilous: arousal from armpits
Masochism: ability to transfer emotions caused by
pain to
erotic feelings
Massage: rubbing of the body to increase circulation
Mastigothymia: flagellation
Mastix: female sadist
Mastofact: breast fetish
Masturbation: orgasm not involving penetration of
partner
Matronolagnia: arousal from older female partner
Maturation: the process of aging including sexual
changes
Mazoperosis: mutilation of breasts
Mazophallate: rubbing penis between breasts
Medical scenes: sex play that involves using medical
instruments or settings as props
Melolagnia: arousal from music
Menage a trois: a couple having sex with a third
party
Menophilist: arousal from menstruating women
Merinthophilia: arousal from being bound
Mixoscopia: orgasm dependent on watching others
having
sex
Moriaphilia: arousal from telling sexual jokes
Morphophilia: arousal from person with a different
physique
Mummification: wrapping the full body in a manner
that
prevents movement
Munchausen's syndrome: arousal from reopening a wound
Mutilation: tearing the skin or otherwise deforming
a person's
body
Mysophilia: arousal from soiled clothing or foul
decaying
odors
Nanophilia: sexual attraction to a short partner
Naphephilia: arousal from touching or being touched
Narcissism: self love
Narratophilia: person who is aroused by discussing
sex with
others
Nasophilia: nose fetish
Necrochlesis: sex with a female corpse
Necrocoitus: penetration of corpses
Necrophilia: sex with corpses
Negotiation: arranging transactions for conduct with
sex
partner
Neophilia: arousal from novelty or change
Niddah: abstaining from sex 1/3 of the time to
create arousal
during rest of month
Nomavalent: arousal from traveling or new places,
usually
impotent at home
Nonmonogamy: multiple sex partners
Normophilia: those only aroused by acts considered
normal
by their religion or society
Nudity (Recreational): nudity in group settings,
beaches,
nudist camps, etc.
Nudomania: arousal from nudity
Nymph: young woman or nature goddesses
Nympholepsy: trance state induced by erotic fantasies
Nymphomania: uncontrollable desire of woman for sex
Nymphotomy: removal of the inner labia
Ochlophilia: arousal from being in a crowd
Oculolinctus: licking partner's eyeball
Oculophilia: eye fetish
Odaxelagnia: arousal from biting
Odontophilia: arousal from tooth extractions or
tooth fetish
Oedipus complex: repressed desire to have sex with
parent
of opposite sex
Olisbos: dildos
Olfaction: the sense of smell
Olfactophilia: arousal from odors
Omolagnia: arousal from nudity
Onanism: masturbation or withdrawing penis from
vagina
before ejaculation
Ondinisme: arousal from urine
Oneiropornism: dreaming about prostitutes or sex
Ophidicism: use of snakes, sometimes for sexual
purposes
Ophidiophilia: arousal from snakes
Oral sex: contact between the mouth and genitals;
use of
the mouth in sex play
Ordune: arousal from photographs of nudes or sex
Orgasms: climax of sexual excitement, often
accompanying
ejaculation
Organofact: fetish for some part of the body
Orgies: group sex
Osculocentric: arousal from kissing
Osmolagnia: arousal from odors
Osmophilia: arousal from odors
Osphresiolagnia: arousal from odors
Othello's syndrome: jealousy
Oxygen regulation: regulating intake of oxygen for
sexual
enhancement
Ozolagnia: arousal from odors
Pageism: male submitting to female
Paraphallus: dildos
Paraphilia: sexual arousal to unusual or socially
unacceptable object or act
Parascopism: voyeurism, especially through bedroom
windows
Pareunasthenia: impotence
Pareunomania: compulsive desire for sex
Parthenity: virgin
Pathicus: passive recipient in gay anal sex; catamite
Pathophobia: phobia of contracting a sexually
transmitted
disease
Patrolagnia: sex with one's own father
Pecattiphilia: arousal from sinning or possibly guilt
Pederasty: anal sex
Penetration toys: devices used for penis insertion
during
masturbation
Penis ligation: the tying of the foreskin of a penis
Penis modification: physical alteration of penis
Penosugia: fellatio
Peodeiktophilia: exhibitionism
Peritomy: circumcision
Perversion: sexual acts that differ from the
standard majority;
paraphilia
-phagy: practice of eating object specified by prefix
Phallolalia: talking about penises
Phallophilia: large penis fetish or preference
Pheromones: natural chemicals or hormones that induce
sexual response
Philemanmania: compulsion to kiss
-philia: suffix that indicates an abnormal sexual
attachment
to what is specified by acronym
Phobias: an irrational fear of an object or situation
Phobophilia: arousal from fear or hate
Phone Sex: verbal sex between partners on a phone
Phygephilia: sexual arousal from being a fugitive
Pictophilia: arousal from pictures, video or movies
with a
sexual subject
Piercing: inserting needles into skin for arousal
Pimps: procurer for sexual partners that pay
Play: the consensual acting out of a role or game,
sometimes sexual
Play room: room equipped with sex paraphernalia and
used
primarily for sex play
Podophilia: arousal from feet
Polyandry: one wife with multiple husbands
Polygamy: one person with multiple marriage partners
Polygyny: one person with multiple wives
Polyiterophilia: arousal only after having sex with
a series of
partners
Pompoir: vaginal muscle control that masturbates
penis
when inserted
Posthetomy: circumcision
Preblysis: premature ejaculation
Prisha: religious separation of males and females
Proctophallism: anal sex
Proctotitillia: tickling anus
Professional dominatrix: woman hired to function as
a Top
Prostitution: sex performed for financial gain
Psycholagny: orgasm induced from psychic or mental
stimulation
Psychrophilia: arousal from being cold or watching
others
freeze
Psychrotentiginous: arousal from cold weather
Pubephilia: arousal from pubic hair
Pubic dressing: coloring or adding ornaments to
pubic hair
Pubic Hair sculpturing: removing pubic hair so that
the
remainder forms a pattern (i.e. a heart)
Pudendacure: pubic dressing for female
Pygmalionism: agalmatophilia; statue fetishism where
person rubs their body against statue
Pygophilemania: arousal from kissing buttocks
Pygophilia: arousal from contact with buttocks
Pygotripsis: arousal from rubbing buttocks
Pyrophilia: arousal from fire or of its use in sex
play
Quadoshka: American Indian form of tantric sex
Queening: sitting on the side of a person's face as
a form of
bondage
Renifleur: person aroused by smell of urine or by
sniffing
underwear
Retifism: shoe fetish
Rhabdophilia: arousal from being flagellated
Rimming: penetration of anus with tongue
Ringing: insertion of permanent jewelry into a body
piercing
Ritual Sex: sex performed with specific rules of
conduct
(i.e., Wicca, weddings, slave training)
Robotism: attraction to or the use of robots in sex
play
Sadism: empowerment and arousal derived from
disciplining or
using corporal punishment
Sapphosadism: lesbian sadism
Sarmassophilia: arousal from kneading flesh
Satyriasis: men who have an uncontrollable desire
for sex
Scat: arousal from using feces in sex play
Scopophilia: arousal from being stared at oneself
Scoptolagnia: arousal from seeing the genitals of the
opposite sex
Scoptophilia: arousal from looking at sexually
stimulating
scenes
Scrotal infusion: infusion of saline into the
scrotal sack so
that it enlarges
Selgolalia: telling stories that include sex
Sensory compensation: our body's regulation of
incoming
stimulus to a tolerable level
Sensory deprivation: removing one or all senses to
heighten
awareness of the mind during bondage
Sensory overload: inability of our body/mind to
absorb and
comprehend incoming stimulus
Sex addiction: seemingly uncontrollable compulsion
to have sex
Sex Magick: the use of witchcraft rituals for sexual
purposes
Sex surrogates: professionally trained to assist
others
with sexual dysfunctions
overcome sexual dysfunctions
Sex toys: [slang] a myriad of objects used to assist
in masturbation
or sex play for adults
Sexautism: tendency to be preoccupied with sexual
thoughts
Sexercise: exercises designed to improve muscles
used for sex
Sexologists: people who study the science of sex
Sexoschizia: bi-sexual
Sexual anomalies: paraphilias; sexual
practices out of the
norm of a society, yet normal and healthy; kinky
Shaving: removing the hair with a razor of a partner
or
oneself for arousal
Siderodromophilia: arousal from trains
Siphnianize: anal masturbation
Sitophilia: arousal from food
Slaves: person who willingly contracts to be sex slave
Sleeping princess syndrome: those aroused by partner
who
appears to be asleep
Slings: swings or other forms of support for
suspension
from which a person may engage in sex
Smegma: secretions from gland under foreskin of
penis or
clitoris
Sodomy: oral or anal intercourse involving
penetration with
male or female
Sotadism: anal sex
Sounding: insertion
of an object into the urethra
Spanking: using
hand to slap partner's buttocks for sensory
enhancement and arousal
Spay: castration
Spectrophilia: either coitus with spirits or arousal from image
in mirrors
Speculum: dilating
device used by physicians when doing
pelvic exams and in SM medical scenes
Spermatophobia:
fear of semen loss
Sphagia: a
sacrifice used to placate the gods, the whole
offering was completely burned
Sphincter: anal or
urethral muscle that closes to prevent
passage of urine or feces
Splitting: splitting the penis from the glans toward the base
Stabbing: insertion
of a sharp object into flesh
Stag parties:
private parties where only men and possibly a
female stripper or entertainer are permitted
Stapling: inserting
a U-shaped wire into skin during sex play
Statuophilia:
agalmatophilia; sexual attraction to statues
Sthenolagnia:
arousal from demonstration of strength or
muscles
Stigmatophilia:
arousal from partner who is stigmatized (i.e.,
tattoos, piercings, scars)
Strabismus: arousal from eyes of partner
Strangulation:
controlling oxygen by restricting windpipe or
blood vessels in neck
Stretching:
stretching body or genitals for arousal
String bondage:
constrictions; wrapping string around body
at certain intervals for arousal
Strip poker: card game where the losers remove articles of
clothing
Strip search:
interrogation process where sex partner is
stripped and searched
Stripping: removal
of clothes, sometimes performed on
stage in an erotic manner
Stuffing: insertion
of objects into vagina or anus
Stupprator: man who
is aroused by virgins
Subincision: cutting part of the glans penis from the tip
toward the base
Subliminal tapes:
audiotapes that give messages intended
to alter habits
Submission:
surrender to and trust of a partner
Subpersonality: a
temporary personality or character change
but one where the person does not lose all consciousness
with their current surroundings, they are often from
childhood
Succubus: a female
spirit who was thought to lie underneath
men and have sex with them while they slept
Support groups:
groups of people that find solace in
discussing a common problem
Suspension:
suspending body for sensory deprivation and
bondage
Suttee: religious
practice of killing wife upon husband's
death and burial
Suturing: stitching
flesh together
Swinging: group sex
or wife swapping
Swing: an object that allows a person to be suspended and
move back and forth
Switch: people who
play either the top or bottom role (sadist
or masochist)
Sybian: a vibrating dildo that sits on top of an object that
resembles a saddle
Symphorophilia:
arousal from arranging a disaster, crash, or
explosion
Syntribate: rubbing
thighs together to masturbate
Tachorgasmia:
premature ejaculation
Talisman: charm,
sometimes used in love spells
Tantalolagnia:
arousal from teasing
Tantra: yoga type
sexual discipline
Taphephilia:
arousal from being buried alive
Tattooing:
tattooing for arousal and marking
Tea Room: slang
term for restrooms used for hustling and
fellatio
Teasing: to excite
sexually but without fulfilling implied
message
Teledildonics:
arousal from computer sex games
Telegony: belief
that first man impregnating woman will be
the father of any subsequent children
Telephone scatophilia:
arousal from obscene phone calls
Telephonicophilia:
arousal from using phone calls for sexual
conversations
Teratophallic:
large penises
Terror play: sex
play using terror or fear for arousal
Thalpotentiginy: arousal from heat
Thelectize:
clitoridectomy
Thesauromania:
compulsion to collect objects or clothing
belonging to females
Thlipsosis: arousal
from pinching others
Three-legged bloomers:
bondage underwear garment that
has sleeve for head that opens to genitals of partner
Thusiai: a
sacrifice of food cooked on an altar and eaten
later by priests or worshippers
Thygatria: sex
between father and daughter
Tickling: light touch that sometimes causes a
laughter
response
Timophilia: when a person's primary arousal comes
from
gold or wealth
Titillagnia: arousal from tickling
Tithiolagnia: having an orgasm while nursing
Toilet Training: urinating or defecating on a
partner as a form
of slave training
Top: term used for partner who controls stimuli
during fetish sex
games/sessions
Torture: inflicting pain to get information or for
revenge, also
used in sex play
Tourniquets: a device that compresses blood vessels to
control bleeding, sometimes sexual
Toucheurism: touching a stranger for arousal
Tragolimia: compulsive desire for sex regardless of
attraction of partner
Transsexual: person who are in the process of
physically
changing sexes
Transvestite: person who is aroused by crossdressing
Transvestophilia: arousal from crossdressing
Traumaphilia: arousal from wounds or trauma;
automasochism
Tribadism: lesbianism; sex by rubbing
Triborgasmia: wife who masturbates husband
Trichophilia: hair fetish
Tripsolagnia: arousal from having hair shampooed
Tripsolagnophilia: arousal from massage
Tripsophilia: arousal from massage
Troilism: arousal by being third party in sex scene
Troubadours: 11th-13th century musician poets that
popularized love and chivalry
Undinism: arousal from water
Uranism: arousal from person of same sex
Urethral self-instrumentation: sounding; inserting
object into
urethra for arousal
Urolagnia: arousal from urine
Urophilia: arousal from urine Urtication: the use of
nettles to
create extra sensation
Vampirism: consuming blood of partner for arousal
Vertigo: dizziness, caused by spinning sometimes
used to enhance
sex acts
Vertugadin: large hooped skirts that also acted as
chastity
devices
Vibrators: toys that vibrate which may or may not be
inserted
Vicarphilia: arousal from other people's exciting
experiences
Victorian Lace: sexual discipline using
crossdressing as
punishment
Victorianism: a 19th century English society that was
notorious for bigotry and restrictive about morals
Vincilagnia: arousal from bondage
Virgin: person not having experienced penetrative
sex with
another person
Virimimism: adoption of masculinity
Visualization: an image formed by the mind, sometimes
used in sex rituals and often in sexual fantasy
Voyeurism: arousal by watching others without their
consent
Water sports: the use of urine for arousal; urophilia
Waxing: removal of body hair by a sticky substance
applied
to a strip laid against hair and pulled off
Wax Play: melted candle wax poured over the skin
Weddings: marriage ceremonies
Weight training: the use of hanging weights on
genitals or
hooks for arousal
Whipping: striking or flagellating a partner for
sensory
enhancement
Whore House: bordello Wife swapping: exchanging
spouses
with another couple for sexual purposes
Worship: reverence of an object or person
Wrestling: a physical struggle between two or more
people,
used as sexual arousal by some
Xenodynamic: person who is only potent with strangers
Xenolimia: arousal from strangers
Xenophilia: arousal from strangers
Yoni worship: worship of the female genitals
Yoshiwara: Japanese prostitutes
Zelophilia: arousal from jealousy
Zooerasty: arousal from animals
Zoophilia: arousal from animals
Zwischenstufe: arousal from person of same sex
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