painplay

English

Etymology

pain +‎ play

Noun

painplay (uncountable)

1. (BDSM) Any sexual practice involving the intentional infliction of pain.
   • 1996 December 17, k'Shandra, “Reflections on Safewording (long)”, in alt.sex.bondage‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I do not have much experience with painplay, and am not sure how much I'll be able to take, but I'm prepared to find out.

   • 2000 December 24, Sockermom9 [username], “Re: Psycology of BDSM”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I was originally into plain old bondage, but have found that both submission and painplay are things that I can eroticize.

   • 2002 June 24, Janet Hardy, “Re: sub vs bottom”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm‎^[3] (Usenet):

     But I'm curious -- what got you started doing BDSM? What fantasies were intense enough to drive you to try painplay in the first place?