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The term BDSM is a portmanteau of initialisms intended to encompass all of the following activities: Bondage and discipline ( B & D or B/D) Dominance and submission ( D & S or D/s) (including "master and slave" role-playing scenarios and ongoing relationship structures) Sadism and masochism ( S & M or S/M)
Thesaurus. A thesaurus ( pl.: thesauri or thesauruses ), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [ 1][ 2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower ...
Alexithymia ( / əˌlɛksɪˈθaɪmiə / ə-LEK-sih-THY-mee-ə ), also called emotional blindness, [ 1] is a neuropsychological phenomenon characterized by significant challenges in recognizing, expressing, sourcing, [ 2] and describing one's emotions. [ 3][ 4][ 5] It is associated with difficulties in attachment and interpersonal relations. [ 6]
Exhibitionism and voyeurism. Exhibitionism refers to the idea of being watched during sex, typically by a third party, whereas a voyeur is a watcher of the exchange. Rowntree says these are ...
Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes. [5] Each class is composed of multiple divisions and then sections. This may be conceptualized as a tree containing over a thousand branches for individual "meaning clusters" or semantically linked words.
Between Scylla and Charybdis. Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils". [ 1] Several other idioms such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place ...
hard pastry case filled with meat and vegetables served as a main course, particularly in Cornwall and in the north of England pear-shaped usually in the phrase "to go pear-shaped", meaning to go drastically or dramatically wrong. cf tits-up peckish * moderately hungry (usage dated in US) peeler in Northern Ireland, colloquial word for "policeman".
Cheugy ( / ˈtʃuːɡi / CHOO-gee[ 1]) is an American neologism coined in 2013 as a pejorative description of lifestyle trends associated with the early 2010s. This aesthetic has been described as [ 2][ 3][ 4] "the opposite of trendy" [ 5] or "trying too hard". [ 6] The term has been used positively by some who identify with the aesthetic.