Terms

Common terms you may encounter while talking, roleplaying, or even just exploring the server.


 * Ooc - out of character When you're talking as yourself.


 * Ic - in character When you're talking/doing things as your character, during a rp.


 * Rp - roleplay The act of making a story by writing out one characters actions and speech, while other people write the other characters.


 * Erp / smut - erotic roleplay An rp that involves sex in some way.


 * OC - original character A character that you have made yourself.


 * Mun - roleplayer a way of referring to the person who's writing a character in a rp.


 * Muse - character A way of referring to a character that you roleplay.


 * Powerplay/ Godmodding Doing an action in rp that cannot be prevented by the other characters or that the other mun disagrees with.  e.g. Wounding or killing a muse without giving them a chance to fight back.


 * Metagaming (in rp) Assuming your character knows things they can't possibly know, because you as a mun know it. Controlling the environment the characters are in. (usually acceptable)


 * Canon Factually belonging in a fandom or a server-setting.  e.g. Rp that takes place in the setting of the loveshack, rather than unrelated rp on the server.


 * Sex (the in character template) Your current sex eg. Female, male, hermaphrodite, intersex.


 * Gender The gender you identify with, eg. Man, woman, neutral, fluid, etc.


 * Orientation - sexuality Defines the genders of potential sexual partners. Orientation is based on somebody's gender, not their sex. ex; Anyone who identifies as a man, and likes woman, is straight, regardless of what's between his legs. He could also be bi, to be attracted to both men and women, or pan to be attracted to people regardless of gender. Or demi to only be attracted to people who you have an emotional bond with or Asexual, to not be attracted to anyone.


 * Kink - fetish A sexual preference outside the common norm.


 * Con - consensual Both parties agree on an action (such as sex)


 * Dub-con - dubious consent It's uncertain if the action is entirely consensual, but it's not obviously non-con either.


 * Non-con - not consensual Action taken against one of the parties will. (such as rape)


 * BDSM A combined acronym for Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism. Bondage is any play in which one of the partners is restricted in some way. Discipline in this context refers to receiving 'punishment' for breaking agreed on rules. Dominance mean making decisions for the other partner. Submission means letting the other partner make decisions. Sadism is getting turned on by physically hurting another. Masochism is getting off to being physically hurt.


 * Top/Bottom Often confused with Dominant and Submissive. A top is the 'giver', the one who puts it in or is otherwise taking the more active role. A bottom is the 'receiver', the one who takes it. Both tops and bottoms can be the dominant or the submissive.


 * Switch Switch typically refers to somebody who can both take the dominant and the submissive role, but it's also used for people who can both be the top or the bottom.


 * Sexual role play In which the partners pretend to be somebody else, or more commonly, to have a particular job and relationship that doesn't reflect real life. ex. patient-nurse, teacher-student, police officer-criminal, etc.


 * Exhibitionism To enjoy having sex in public, or being seen by somebody not involved.


 * Voyeurism Get excited from watching others do the do.


 * Breath play Being choked, or choking somebody else- or simply holding your own breath, potentially on command.


 * Cuckolding Getting off on seeing your partner cheat on you, or knowing they do.


 * Impact play Any sexual play that involves hitting or spanking a partner.


 * Orgasm control When the dom gets to decide when the sub comes in some way, wether by controll via some kind of device, or by stopping stimulation before the sub can come. The later is also called edging.


 * Anal Involving some kind of insertion in the asshole.


 * Oral Giving a sex organ stimulation by use of the mouth.


 * Orgy Sex with a group of people, more than 3, which is called a threesome.


 * Watersports When not referring to actual sports played in water such water polo, it means piss play.


 * Scat Sexual play involving poop.


 * Body worship The act of paying such attention and care to each individual body part that it's comparable to worship.


 * Cis a gender related term used when sexual organs and gender are aligned.


 * Trans A gender related term for when sexual organs and gender are each other's opposite.


 * Non binary/ Enby A person who indentifies as neither a man, nor a woman. Encompasses more specific terms such as Gender neutral (in between male and female), Third gender (doesn't identify with gender norms at all) and Gender fluid (sometimes male, sometimes female, sometimes in between).


 * Intersex and hermaphrodite Intersex is a sex (NOT a gender) that is neither fully male, nor fully female. It has traits of both. A hermaphrodite on the other hand is somebody who is both fully male and female. The have a fully functional vagina and penis. This is impossible in real life.


 * Cunt boy and dick girl/ futa These are fetishized, derogatory terms for Intersex and Trans people, so please avoid using them. A boy with a vagina is either an Intersex boy/man or a Trans boy/man who didn't develop tits. A girl with a dick is either an Intersex girl/woman or a Trans girl/woman who has developed tits.


 * Yaoi/ yuri / hentai - gay/ lesbian /straight porn art. Japanese terms referring to art that portrays sex in some way.