Term Tuesday (1)

Today, I'd like to go over some simple terms and acronyms often used in BDSM.

BDSM: bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, masochism

• Bondage and discipline play (B & D or B/D)
• Dominance and submission (D & S or D/s)
• Sadism and masochism (S & M or S/M)

24/7 - A relationship in which protocols are in place continuously

Aftercare - The time spent after a scene or play session where all parties will slowly begin to calm, perhaps talk about what happened during the session or scene, and slowly come back in touch with reality.  When endorphins are released as they are in a scene or session it can be quite a high and very intense.  Failure to handle aftercare properly can result in what's known as subdrop or Domdrop as the endorphins are again shifted back to a normal everyday level.

 TNG -  The Next Generation. A tag commonly used by groups and organizations which cater to younger people involved in BDSM, typically ages 18–35.

Figging - Inserting a piece of ginger or a hot chili pepper into the anus to produce a burning sensation.  
  
Scene -  Also known as a session.  This can be a public scene where the participants are at a party where others watch or a private scene where just the dominant and submissive are present.

Rimming - Tongue contact with the rectum or in layman's terms the asshole.

Subspace - A state of mind and body – often like a trance – caused by endorphins emitted during a scene.  ( I personally believe there is a Domspace as well with the same effect, however it's rarely talked about)

Pegging - is a sexual practice in which a woman penetrates a mans anus with a strap-on dildo

  

Cunnilingus - Licking and sucking the cunt.

Subdrop -  A term for what is more accurately known as an “endorphin crash”.  Once the endorphins subside, one can end up feeling a bit down. However, they are not really down at all. It’s just that when such a heightened state of euphoria ends the normalcy feels depressing. That’s what is experienced in subdrop... the emergence of normality.  (Again, Domdrop is equal to this yet not nearly mentioned as subdrop)