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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:safewordWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• safe word

Etymology

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From safe +‎ word.

Pronunciation

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

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safeword (plural safewords)

1. (chiefly BDSM) 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.
   • 2004, Felice Newman, The Whole Lesbian Sex Book, →ISBN, page 201:Likewise, a top's ability to respond to your safeword is what makes her a safe partner.
   • 2006, Tristan Taormino, The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women:If you don't like something that's happening or you want the scene to stop right away, simply say your safeword.
   • 2007, Sloan Christopher, Dangerous Obsession: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...

Translations

[edit] a word used to indicate that a participant wants to stop

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Catalan: paraula de seguretat f Chinese: Mandarin: 安全詞 / 安全词 (ānquáncí) Dutch: stopwoord (nl) n Finnish: turvasana French: mot de sécurité (fr) m German: Safeword n Italian: parola di sicurezza f Japanese: セーフワード (sēfuwādo) Polish: hasło bezpieczeństwa n Portuguese: palavra de segurança f Russian: стоп-сло́во (ru) n (stop-slóvo) Spanish: palabra segura f palabra de seguridad f Swedish: stoppord n

Verb

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safeword (third-person singular simple present safewords, present participle safewording, simple past and past participle safeworded)

1. (chiefly BDSM) To stop a sex act by using a safeword.
   • 2015, Kris Ripper, Extremes‎[1], page 33: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.
   • 2015, Cari Silverwood, Take Me, Break Me‎[2], page 177:I am going to trust you to safeword though. Say red if you need to. Okay?
   • 2011, Lee Harrington, Spirit of Desire‎[3], page 199:This can be difficult if your partner is trying to safeword but all that is coming out is a mew or growl.

See also

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• cry uncle

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