safeword
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A word used in sexual practices (especially sadomasochistic ones) to unambiguously indicate that a participant actually desires the activity to cease and is not merely feigning a lack of consent.
Example Sentences
- "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..."
- "They invented a safe word to confirm they were real at the start of any sensitive phone call."
- "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?"
Etymology
From safe + word.