spankings
Bottom-targeted punishments
Spankings are instances of striking someone's buttocks as punishment or during sexual activity.
The word appears most often in discussions of corporal punishment for children: He got spankings when he misbehaved.
In adult contexts, spankings carry erotic connotations.
Figuratively, a spanking is a decisive defeat: The team took a spanking in the playoffs.
Sharp wound from insect
- smartingExperiencing sharp pain
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
tenderness · burn · rawness · welts · bruising · bottom · buttocks · backside
Trained self-control or specialty
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- consequenceResult of an action
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- reprimandFormal expression of disapproval
scolding · correction · rebuke · admonition · paddling · smacking · swatting · whipping
Erotic power dynamics
- kinkTight twisted spot
- fetishIrrational devotion to something
- roleplayAdopt another's perspective
- consensualInvolving mutual permission
adult · dom · sub · paddle · crop · playful · foreplay · sensation
Of the flesh
- debateFormal argument on issues
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- harmInjury or damage
- consentVoluntary agreement given
rights · ban · outlawed · legal · research · psychology · trauma · alternatives
Trained self-control or specialty
- boundariesLines marking separation
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- consequencesResults of actions taken
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
upbringing · guidance · obedience · misbehavior · defiance · tantrum · timeout · grounding
sting
Sharp wound from insect
swelling · tenderness · burn · rawness · welts · bruising · bottom · buttocks · backside · palm
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- chastisementFormal scolding or correction
- consequenceResult of an action
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
reprimand · scolding · correction · rebuke · admonition · paddling · smacking · swatting · whipping · caning
BDSM
Erotic power dynamics
consensual · adult · dom · sub · paddle · crop · playful · foreplay · sensation · bottoming
corporal
Of the flesh
consent · rights · ban · outlawed · legal · research · psychology · trauma · alternatives · advocacy
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- boundariesLines marking separation
- behaviorManner of conducting oneself
- consequencesResults of actions taken
authority · upbringing · guidance · obedience · misbehavior · defiance · tantrum · timeout · grounding · old-fashioned
- thrashingsbeatings, drubbings, thrashings, whippings, floggings
spankingstimeouts
Scheduled pauses in play
gentle parenting · positive discipline · time-outs · talking it out · natural consequences
spankingsrewards
Benefits given for merit
praise · treats · gold stars · positive reinforcement · encouragement
- brand spanking newCompletely unused, just acquired
- spanking newCompletely fresh and unused