Linguistics question
Jun. 17th, 2008 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moominmuppetSo, I'd written a post on my sex filter that brought up a concept that I just can't seem to find a word for. No one else I've talked to seems able to, either. I'm frustrated enough I'm making a new, public post in hopes that someone has a word bouncing around in their head that actually matches this:
(from various conversations, comments, bits of my other post, etc)
It's driving me nuts. We have terms for every obscure fetish under the sun. Why can't I think of a word for the particular fun of "getting away with" being all wound up, and getting oneself wound up intentionally in places where it's not appropriate to display it. It's not the same as exhibitionism, because the fun is largely in the secrecy, I think. Or at least, I'm an exhibitionist, and I like this, and they don't feel the same to me. It's certainly no unusual thing, if anything, I'd say it's an incredibly common part of sex play, so why can't I think of a word for this particular craving/fetish/lust/whatever?
Anyway, can you think of a word for that? Or a reason we don't have one?
But this did occur to me:
re: whether it's part of/related to exhibitionism:
But it does seem related, since it's fundamentally about how other people's presence changes dynamics...
Yay! Marn posted a question about it for me, too
(from various conversations, comments, bits of my other post, etc)
It's driving me nuts. We have terms for every obscure fetish under the sun. Why can't I think of a word for the particular fun of "getting away with" being all wound up, and getting oneself wound up intentionally in places where it's not appropriate to display it. It's not the same as exhibitionism, because the fun is largely in the secrecy, I think. Or at least, I'm an exhibitionist, and I like this, and they don't feel the same to me. It's certainly no unusual thing, if anything, I'd say it's an incredibly common part of sex play, so why can't I think of a word for this particular craving/fetish/lust/whatever?
Anyway, can you think of a word for that? Or a reason we don't have one?
But this did occur to me:
re: whether it's part of/related to exhibitionism:
But it does seem related, since it's fundamentally about how other people's presence changes dynamics...
Yay! Marn posted a question about it for me, too
