The ULTIMATE A-Z Guide To Kinks And Fetishes

Aftercare is "a period of time after play during which players check in and re-establish connections with each other," according to Rekink, which "often involves cuddling, sex, eating or drinking to replace electrolytes, discussing the scene and/or checking in. Aftercare is different for everyone, and can also involve alone time or any number of personal preferences." 

"Energy play is a subjective emotional practice that frequently is said to have spiritual and transcendental connotations. Generally speaking the top will seek to stimulate a response from the bottom without the use of physical touch," according to BDSM Wiki.

"Energy play is frequently said to include techniques of: muscle-tension/relaxation, hormonal or sensory stimulation, emotional self programming, Endorphin manipulation through SM techniques to produce a chemical high, repetition, slight of hand/confusion, hypnosis, and stress techniques to create a suggestible state."  

"Edgeplay is a term for BDSM practices that are considered at the edge, inherently more risky, or debated within the community." Rekink said this includes "breathplay, choking, knifeplay, play piercing, bloodplay, fireplay, gun play, and consensual nonconsent."
  

Graphoerotica fetish groups on Fetlife "discuss the powerful scenes that can occur when words are written onto someone's body." 

Someone with an intelligence fetish "finds intelligence in another sexy, kinky or down-right hot," per Fetlife, "Or the 'Intelligent Kinkster,' who simply enjoys intellectually stimulating discussion of ideas and questions." 

"Knismolagnia is a fetish where sexual arousal is produced through tickling. This term stems from the word knismesis which describes a light, tickling sensation."

Kinkly states that "people may experience knismolagnia when they are being tickled or by watching someone else get tickled. Knismolagnia is also known as titillagnia. Foot and armpit fetishes are related to knismolagnia because they involve ticklish body parts." 

Monogamy groups on Fetlife are for those who "worry less about defining it and more about celebrating our choices, our successes, and frankly, even our failures. In short, this is about enjoying monogamy as one wonderful choice among many!"

"This practice involves conditioning to gain control of a submissive's orgasms through verbal or other signals, and may include control of the initiation of coming by a signal, as well as the inability of the subject to come without a signal."

Fetlife specifies, "this is not about orgasm denial, it is about control by the dominant partner. This is not about a subject learning to do what a Dominant wants, it is about gaining control below the level of the subjects's conscious control of his or her own body."

Queening is another name for the less regal-sounding term, "facesitting," as practiced between a Dominant female (Domme) and her submissive in order to "evoke an erotic humiliation and sense of control over someone" according to Fetlife.

"People who have taphephilia become aroused by closed spaces that most people would find claustrophobic. Usually taphephilic people are considered submissive because being enclosed without being able to escape induces the feeling of helplessness."

Kinkly continues, "Being enclosed also changes a person's breathing, which can give the feeling of being high. People act out this paraphilia by being put into latex or vinyl sleepsacks, boxes, bags, gas masks and other fetish wear."  

Sounding refers to urethral stimulation of either males or females. Many women have reported that urethral stimulation is far more powerful as an erotic stimulant than vaginal penetration.

The moderators of one Fetlife group said they "believe that this is an overwhelmingly powerful and rewarding sensual experience for females and have started this group as an attempt to facilitate more females trying it."

Just one of many variations of pet play, which also includes pony play, puppy play, kitten play, bunny play, or other types of animal play discussed on Fetlife.

"Yaoi is a type of anime, manga, or fan fiction that originated in Japan which centers on male-on-male sexuality. The term comes from the Japanese phrase 'Yama nashi, Ochi nashi, Imi nashi' which translates as 'no climax, no meaning, no point.'"

Kinkly adds that "Yaoi is typically created by women and aimed at women although it has some male fans. It should not be confused with 'Bara' which is aimed at a gay male audience."