Category: Sexual Language, Slang & Euphemisms

Sub: BDSM Submission, Roles, Power Exchange, and Identity

Sub is an informal term for a BDSM submissive who voluntarily takes a following, receptive, service-oriented, or authority-yielding role.

Dom is an informal term for a BDSM dominant who takes an agreed authority or leadership role with a submissive partner.

A switch is a person who enjoys taking more than one BDSM or sexual role, especially alternating between dominance and submission.

Voyeuristic describes an interest, behavior, fantasy, or perspective involving the observation of private, intimate, or sexual activity.

A voyeur is a person who watches another person during private or sexual activity, either consensually or without permission.

Conventional sex means sexual activity considered familiar or mainstream within a culture or relationship, though its exact meaning varies.

Vanilla sex is an informal term for sexual activity considered conventional, familiar, or non-kinky within a culture or relationship.

Sexual means relating to sex, sexuality, attraction, behavior, reproduction, identity, health, or physical characteristics associated with sex.

Happy ending is an informal euphemism for genital stimulation offered at the conclusion of a massage, often as a commercial sexual service.

Non-erotic describes content, touch, intimacy, or situations not intended to create sexual excitement, even when bodies or sexuality are involved.