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O (O-PLAY):
a code word for BDSM or slave play, originating from the 1954 erotic novel Story of O, written by Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, which details a young woman's submission and slave training.



O-RING & D-RING:
ring clips used in rigging or bondage that act as an anchor point. An O-ring is shaped like the letter "O", and a D-ring is shaped like the uppercase letter "D". Some O-rings are not clips but solid rings to which ropes or clips are attached. They are commonly found on bondage belts, collars, and bondage furniture.



OBJECTIFICATION:
sexual arousal derived from treating a person as an object, or the act of doing so. This involves reducing someone to a sexual object or a physical item, such as a sex toy, stripped of human aspects.

See related HUMILIATION.



ODALISQUE:
a term for a female slave in an Ottoman Imperial harem whose role was that of a chambermaid or assistant. The term is sometimes used in BDSM slave play.



OLD LEATHER (OLD GUARD):
a term relating to the gay male BDSM communities that formed shortly after World War II, characterized by a structured hierarchy with strict codes of conduct and protocol.

See contrast NEW LEATHER and see related LEATHER COMMUNITY.



ONE-COLUMN TIE (SINGLE-COLUMN TIE):
a bondage technique that binds a single limb, a single wrist or ankle, or a single body part, securing it to an object or a single tie-point.

See related TWO-COLUMN TIE and BONDAGE SAFETY TIE/KNOT.





ONE-EIGHTY (180) CONDITION:
a term describing a situation in which a submissive falsely claims that a recently ended BDSM relationship, typically a 24/7 total power exchange (TPE) dynamic, was physically or mentally abusive, despite no actual abuse taking place.

See related BDSM ABUSE.



ONE TO TEN (PAIN LEVEL SYSTEM):
a standardized scale used to rate pain intensity, with one representing minimal pain and ten representing the maximum tolerable limit. In BDSM, it serves during negotiation to set the maximum threshold of impact or physical stress a submissive is willing to accept, as well as during or after a session to communicate active physical distress. The scale mirrors the numeric pain rating scales used in medical settings to assess patient distress.



ORAL SERVITUDE:
a specific type of submission in which the submissive satisfies the dominant with oral sex but is not permitted to have any other sexual relations with the dominant.





ORGASM CONTROL:
the practice of controlling when someone can or cannot have an orgasm.





ORGY:
a sexual gathering or series of sexual acts involving multiple people, often defined as sex among more than three people; a sex party.



ORIENTATION PLAY:
any consensual activity whereby a person is ordered to engage in sex with someone of the same sex. Play that involves forcing a person who identifies as straight to engage in same-sex acts for the purpose of BDSM humiliation play.



OUSTING:
the act of expelling a person from a BDSM event. Sometimes used erroneously to mean outing.

See below OUTING (OUTED).



OUTING (OUTED):
the act of disclosing a person's BDSM interest, involvement, sexual behavior, preference, or identity to someone outside of the BDSM community without their consent. Outing someone is usually considered a major breach of BDSM etiquette and can be considered a form of abuse.

See also related DOXING, ETIQUETTE, SCENE NAME, and BDSM ABUSE.



OVER THE KNEE (OTK):
a style of spanking in which a dominant turns a submissive over their knee to spank the buttocks of the submissive. One OTK technique, once the submissive is in position, is for the dominant to lock their leg over the legs of the submissive, which keeps the submissive from squirming during the spanking.





OVERSEER:
another term for a master.

See MASTER.



OVERSEER'S WHIP:   see PUNISHMENT WHIP.



OWNER:
a title for someone who assumes the role of an owner of a person in master/slave play or a master/slave relationship.

See MASTER.



OWNED:
a term describing a person who assumes the role of a slave in a master/slave relationship. The term is most often used to establish a submissive's status in M/s play of being unavailable to others; used as an antonym for "single."

See SLAVE.



OWNERSHIP:
refers to a master owning a submissive as a slave or sex slave, usually in the context of an ongoing 24/7 TPE relationship.








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