safeword

noun

Etymology

From safe + word.

  1. inherited from *werdʰh₁om — “word
  2. inherited from *wurdą — “word
  3. inherited from *word
  4. inherited from word
  5. inherited from word
  6. formed as safeword — “safe + word

Definitions

  1. A word used in (especially sadomasochistic) sexual practices to unambiguously indicate…

    A word used in (especially sadomasochistic) sexual practices to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually desires the activity to cease and is not merely feigning a lack of consent.

    • Likewise, a top's ability to respond to your safeword is what makes her a safe partner.
    • If you don't like something that's happening or you want the scene to stop right away, simply say your safeword.
    • My guess is our victims probably used their safewords or protested at some point, but our guy doesn't care about safewords or the BDSM creed...
  2. To stop a sex act by using a safeword.

    • Like it's kind of in my head that maybe I could surprise him, like Eddie said, you know, before I flip out and safeword.
    • I am going to trust you to safeword though. Say red if you need to. Okay?
    • This can be difficult if your partner is trying to safeword but all that is coming out is a mew or growl.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for safeword. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA