Kinks: A to Z

Below is an A–Z reference-style list of sexual kinks and fetishes, assuming consensual adults.
It is extensive but not truly exhaustive—there is no single definitive list because language, culture, and communities evolve. As you scroll through this list, consider the following:

• Many kinks overlap and exist on spectrums rather than as discrete categories.

• Language varies by community, culture, and generation.

• Consent, negotiation, and harm-reduction are foundational across all ethical kink practice.

A

• Abuse

• Adult Baby Play

• Age Play (adult roleplay only)

• Amputees

• Anal Play (sex, gaping, stretching)

• Aftercare

• Anthropomorphism

• Authority Play

B

• BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism, Masochism)

• Barebacking

• Bimbofication

• Biting

• Blood Play

• Bondage

• Body Worship

• Body Writing

• Branding

• Bratting

• Breath Play (advanced / high-risk)

• Breeding

• Bukake

C

• Catheter Play

• Chastity

• Cigar Play

• Clitoris Torture

• Collaring

• Consensual Non-consent/Dubious Consent (CNC, Dub-Con)

• Cock and Ball Torture (CBT)

• Cock Worship

• Cuckolding

• Cum Play

D

• Degradation (consensual)

• Discipline

• Dogging

• Dolls

• Dominance / Submission (D/s)

• Double Penetration

• Dirty Talk

E

• Edge Play

• Edging

• Electrostimulation

• Erotic Humiliation

• Exhibitionism

F

• Fear Play

• Felching

• Fetishism

• Figging

• Financial Domination (Findom)

• Fire Play

• First Aid

• Fisting

• Food Play

• Foot Fetish

• Forced Feminization

• Forced Orgasms

• Frotteurisms

• Furries

G

• Gangbangs/Group Sex

• Gender Play

• Golden Showers (Watersports)

• Gag Play

• Group Sex

• Gynandromorphophilia

H

• Humiliation Play

• Hair Pulling

• Hypnosis / Erotic Hypnosis

• Hand Fetish

• Harem Play

I

• Impact Play

• Incest Play

• Infantilism (adult-only roleplay)

• Interrogation Play

• Intimacy Control

• Ice Play

J

• Japanese Rope Bondage (Shibari / Kinbaku)

• Jealousy Play

• Jerk-Off Instructions (JOI)

• Jack-Off Clubs

K

• Kink (umbrella term)

• Knife Play

• Kneeling Protocols

• Kitten / Puppy Play

• Kissing Fetish

L

• Latex Fetish

• Leather

• Lingerie Fetish

• Lactation Play

• Objectification

M

• Masochism

• Master/slave (M/s)

• Medical Play

• MILFs

• Mummification

• Mind Control Fantasy

• Mind Fuck Scenes

N

• Name-Calling (consensual)

• Nazi Role Play

• Necrophilia

• Needle Play

• Neglect Play

• Nipple Play

• Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)

• Non-Monogamy/Ethical Non-Monogamy

• Nylon Fetish

O

• Orgasm Control / Denial

• Object Insertion

• Owner Dynamics

• Obedience Training

• Overstimulation

P

• Pain Play

• Pet Play

• Power Exchange (PE)

• Pregnancy Play

• Primal Play

• Prostate Milking

• Public Play (within consent/legal limits)

Q

• Queening / Facesitting

• Queer Kink

• Questioning Scenarios (interrogation roleplay)

• Quiet Control Dynamics

R

• Religion Play

• Reluctance/Ravishment

• Restraint

• Reward/Punishment Systems

• Roleplay/Shibari

• Rope Bondage

• Rough Sex

S

• Sadism

• Scat Play

• Service Submission

• Sensory Deprivation/Engagement

• Shame Play

• Slave Training

• Spanking

• Squirting

• Staples

• Strap-Ons

T

• Tantric Sex

• Tears

• Tease and Denial

• Teledildonics

• Tentacle Sex/Monster Fucking

• Tickle Torture

• Tiny People

• Training Protocols

• Toys

• Taboo Roleplay (consensual fantasy)

U

• Uniform Fetish

• Use Play

• Underwear Fetish

• Urethral Play (Sounding)

V

• Voyeurism

• Verbal Control

• Virginity Play (symbolic/adult)

• Vicarious Submission

W

• Watersports

• Wax Play

• Wet & Messy (WAM)

• Whipping

• Worship (Body/Genital)

• Wrestling

X

• X-Play (placeholder for experimental/undefined kinks)

• X-Dress Roleplay

Y

• Yoke / Collar Training

• Yielding Rituals

• Yoga-Assisted Bondage

Z

• Zentai

• Zone Play (focus on specific body areas)

• Zookeeper Roleplay

• Zoophilia