Represents Bondage, Discipline, and Sado-Masochism (also related, Dominance & Submission = DS). It is a form of sexual fantasy play between consenting adults often involving fetishes, focusing on mental, sensual and erotic experience over the standard sexual intercourse, and requiring a great level emotional trust and communication between partners. BDSM does not have anything to do with using pain or force on someone who is an unwilling victim. Although Gothics tend to appear to be familiar with the practices of bondage by their apparel, most of those people wearing vinyl pants and bondage bracelets don't know the first thing about BDSM and are following a fashion trend. The majority of BDSM practitioners have nothing to do with gothic, and they view bondage gear as a tool, not an accessory.

Acronym: Bondage and Domination, Sadism and Masochism.

Bondage, Discipline, Sadism and Masochism. This is a catch all term to describe leathersex or rough sex. Each individual element may or may not be present in a particular story (they are each very different things). For more detail about specific kinks, see the Leather FAQ page.

Stand for pain and pleasure with bondage, domination and or sado-masochism. Follow the above link for more info.

Name of a lifestyle shared by many people. The word BDSM is a combination of 3 acronyms, BD for Bondage Discipline, DS for Domination and Submission and SM for Sado Masochistic. Considered either like a grave deviance or a and healthy sexual game/orientation by the medical institutions, people who share this lifestyle believe in having a relationship where one of the people by mutually agreed upon consent is in a position of power/domination (DS) often by using means of bondage discipline (BD) and Sado masochistic (SM) over the other person in this relationship. This relationship could be for a brief moment (a play) or for a longer period of time (permanent relationship)

A broad category of types of sexual play, associated with power exchange. Depending on who you ask, the initials can stand for Bondage/Discipline, Sadism/Masochism, Slave/Master, Dominance/Submission. See "What is BDSM?" for more info.

Bondage Discipline Sado Masochisme

(dom.) Abbreviation for Bondage Dominance Sado-Masichism. Those who enjoy the practices of bondage, domination/submission, and/or inducing pain. Often includes fetish objects or other types of constraint or instruments for inflicting pain or submission.

bondage, domination, sadomasochism

Compound abbreviation formed from B&D (“bondage & dominance”), D/s (“Dominance/submission”), and S&M (“sadism & masochism”, or just sadomasochism).

Bondage/Domination/Sado-Masochism. This niche encompasses all three of these sub-niches.

A term from outside of fanfic, but a useful one to know when deciphering ratings. This acronym incorporates Bondage and Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission (DS) and Sadomasochism (SM). Many of the specific practices in BDSM are those which, if performed in neutral or nonsexual contexts, are widely considered unpleasant, undesirable, or abusive. For example, pain, physical restraint and servitude are traditionally inflicted on persons against their will and to their detriment. In BDSM, however, these activities are engaged in with the mutual consent of the participants, and typically for mutual enjoyment. (Any "consent" may or may not amount to legal consent and represent a defense to criminal liability for any injuries caused.)This emphasis on informed consent and safety is also known as SSC (safe, sane and consensual), though others prefer the term RACK (Risk Aware Consensual Kink), believing that it places more emphasis on acknowledging the fact that all activities are potentially risky.

Bondage, Domination, and Sadism/masochism It covers all these aspects but may only be one of them.

Bondage, domination, submission and masochism. At the more extreme end of the punting experience, and usually provided by either specialist parlours that operate a "dungeon" or particular ladies on a parlours rota, the title Madam being a giveaway. Not surprisingly the vast majority of these ladies offer to give the punters a hard time, very few offer to be submissive. The giver of domination is know as the "Top" the receiver or submissive is known as the "bottom". Often BDSM does not involve sex of any kind.

Acronym for Bondage, Domination, Sado-Masochism. Together these three niches form the basis for the leather, whip and chain fantasies that mainstream America likes to call S&M.

It is generally accepted within the scene that these initials mean Bondage & Domination, Sadism & Masochism, but also that they are extended to Bondage & Discipline / Domination & Submission / Sadism & Masochism.

Short for "Bondage and Discipline, Sadism and Masochism." A catch-all term for a broad array of sexual practices, especially involving restraint and inflicting pain.

an acronym of "B&D" (Bondage & Discipline), "D&S" (Dominance & Submission), and "S&M" (sadomasochism). "BDSM" refers to any or all of these things, and a lot of stuff besides. Tying up your lover is BDSM; so is flogging that person, or bossing that person around, or any of a thousand other things. BDSM is highly erotic, usually (though not always) involves sex or sexual tension; and is highly psychologically charged. One person (the "submissive") agrees to submit to another person (the "dominant").

Bondage/Discipline/Sadomasochism B&D does not necessarily imply S&M, nor does S&M imply B&D but there is enough overlap and common ground that the two groups are generally lumped together.

short for bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism, also known as d/s. Games in which one person ties up, hurts, humiliates, tortures, torments, and otherwise dominates another willing party. Needs a whole other glossary beyond this.

Bondage, Discipline, Sado-Masochism. This is a catch-all to refer to the various aspects of negotiated, mutually consensual exchange of power between two consenting adults. Regardless of the depth of the relationship, consent, safety and sanity are the cornerstone of the lifestyle.

Bondage & discipline, sadomasochism and domination & submission taken together.

A term that merges three expressions: Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, and Sadism and Masochism. This term is most often used today in the S/M community, especially in the many chat rooms and sites on the Internet.

An acronym standing for: Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, Masochism. This term is a shorthand way (growing more anachronistic daily) of referring to persons/items/activities of Dominance and submission. I prefer the more updated, streamlined and inclusive term “D/s” (Dominance/submission or Dominant/submissive) which covers the same persons, items, and/or activities.

A compounded acronym for B/d (Bondage/discipline), D/s (Domination/submission), and S/m (Sadism/masochism). It covers the three aspects of a lifestyle that usually involves more than one or all of these sets of activities, but may also only include one.

A general term for any lifestyle involving one of the three subsets: B/D = Bondage and Discipline; D/s = Dominance/submission; S&M = Sadomasochism. Many D/s practitioners prefer to avoid this term because of discomfort with S&M.

Bondage/Domination/Sado-Masochism. Instead of indexing three different fetishes (bondage, domination, S&M), we have grouped them together into one fetish, since when one is present, chances are so are the other two.

A form of sex play or role-play which combines Bondage and Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission (DS) and Sadomasochism (SM.

An abbreviation for "Bondage, Domination, Sado-Masochism" sexuality characterized by the consensual exchange of power. This is exchange of power can be either physical (e.g., spanking), psychological (e.g., teasing), or both. Often BDSM involves gender-related play when the partner with power adopt a male role and the partner without power adopts of female role.

In the beginning it was called Sadomasochism(SM,S/M or S&M.) People involved in sadomasochism were described as bad, sick and pervert. Since some people did not want to be called or described that way, terms like Dominance and Submission (D&S, DS or D/S), Love Bondage and Bondage and Discipline (B&D) were invented to be different from sadomasochists. In the 90's during the Internet revolution all kinky people were establishing arguments to label their kinks. After months of arguments the term BDSM was born. Most of the kinky people were happy after the therm was issued. BDSM combines Bondage and Discipline (BD), Dominance and Submission (DS) and Sadomasochism (SM.)