WARTEN'S WHEEL:
erroneous name, slang name or nickname for a Wartenberg wheel.   

See WARTENBERG WHEEL.



WARTENBERG WHEEL or PIN WHEEL:
an implement used for testing nerve function by neurologists, consisting of an affixed wheel with several sharp needles projecting around its edge.  Used in sensation play.

See related SENSATION PLAY.





WANNABE:
a derogatory term for a person who assumes the role of dominant and tries to portray him/herself as having experience and skill in matters of BDSM that he/she does not actually yet possess, and who often, as a result, engages in unsafe practices.



WARM UP:
the term for the period at the beginning of a BDSM scene in which the dominant uses techniques of gentle, light floggings or sensation play, for the purpose of gradually introducing the submissive to the experience.



WATER SPORTS:
any play that involves urination, usually involving one person urinating on another for sexual gratification.  Sometimes referred to as a golden shower or piss play.  The term also includes urophagia, the practice of ingesting a partner's urine for sexual gratification, and/or as a part of humiliation play.





WAX PLAY:
a sensual BDSM activity; a form of sensation play and/or pain play in which a dominant drips warm or hot wax, usually dripping from candles, onto a submissive's naked skin.  Pure paraffin wax melts at around 130 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit.  Adding stearin makes the wax harder and melt at higher temperatures.  Adding mineral oil makes the wax softer and melt at lower temperatures.  Soft candles in glass jars usually have mineral oil in their blend and burn at cooler temperatures, to prevent the glass from cracking when exposed to the heat, which can make these sorts of candles ideal for wax play.  It is important that the candles are not scented, as some fragrance additives to candles can scald the skin.  A dominant should always check the wax on him/herself first, before proceeding to pour hot wax onto another.





WAXING:
can refer to engaging in wax play,   

see above WAX PLAY,   

but may also refer to the method of hair removal that removes hair from the root, usually strip waxing.  Strip waxing is accomplished by spreading a wax combination thinly over the area where hair is to be removed.  A strip of cloth is then pressed into the wax.  With a quick, ripping motion the wax and hair is then pulled from the body.  This is also sometimes used as BDSM pain play.  It is also sometimes a practice of a dominant waxing a male submissive to painfully remove hair to emasculate him as a form of feminization.



WEAL:
variant spelling of wheal.
See below WHEAL.



WHEAL:
variant spelling of weal, a red, swollen mark on the flesh, left by a blow or pressure.  In BDSM a wheal/weal is usually referred to as the distinctive red swollen mark left by a canning.   

See related CANE.





WHIP:
any strip of flexible leather or length of cord used for flogging or beating a person.  Usually refers to the single tail whip, which is braided strips known as plaits, that tapers into a single thick lash.  There are many different kinds of whips used in BDSM, such as stock whips, bullwhips, signal whips, snake whips, buggy whips, lunge whips, punishment whips, Legree whips, etc.  Common materials used in the making of a single tail whip are cow leather, kangaroo leather, nylon (paracord), or polyethylene.  Single-tail whips can inflict serious injuries and can be dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced user.  It requires skill and experience to use them properly.  Single-tail whips are not always predictable and mistakes can happen even with the most experienced handlers, which is why use of single-tails is sometimes considered edgeplay.  Whip also refers to the action, to strike with a whip.





WHIPPING POST:
an upright wooden post secured to a base or in the ground, to which a person is bound for easy flagellation.  The term whipping post usually refers to modern bondage equipment in which the hands are bound together to a post above a person's head.  Originally, the term whipping post referred to any wooden post that was deliberately placed in a town's square, city hall court yard, or the yard of a prison, for the use of corporal punishment by local authorities.





WHITE LIGHTNING:
a fiberglass or resin rod, used as a cane.   

See CANE.





WIBBLE or WHOMP:
a term used by some polyamorous groups to describe a sudden, overwhelming, (usually fleeting), feeling of insecurity and/or jealousy while seeing a partner being affectionate with another lover, without any feelings of betrayal.



WIITWD:
an acronym for "what it is that we do," meaning the entire scope of all kinky activities.  The term originated on Usenet newsgroups in response to a complaint that some fetishes and kinks, such as infantilism or cross-dressing, do not involve bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, or masochism, and therefore do not fall under the BDSM umbrella.  It should be noted, though, that the terms BDSM and fetish are also increasingly being used as general terms for all kink activities.  WIITWD is also sometimes used as a code word, as the BDSM acronym is becoming understood by the main stream vanilla world.   

See related code word T3WD.



WOODEN HORSE or SPANISH DONKEY:
a torture device consisting of a sharply angled surface mounted on a sawhorse-like support.  A female is made to straddle the triangle, placing her full weight on her vulva or clitoris. Sometimes weights or additional restraints are added to keep the female from falling off.  It is extremely painful and dangerous, sometimes causing permanent nerve damage.





WOODEN PONY:
a less immediately painful variation of the wooden horse, consisting of a single plank of wood, supported horizontally from the floor on its side, with the thin edge up.  A female is made to straddle the plank, which is adjusted up or down, in order to make the female stand on her tiptoes.  As her legs tire, she is left with the option to rest her body weight on her genitals on the plank of wood.  Use of both the wooden pony and the wooden horse are dangerous practices.





WORSHIP:   see BODY WORSHIP.



WRAPPING:
when the tips of a whip or cane are allowed to strike beyond a target, usually around a person's lower body.  For example, when the tips of a whip's lash wrap around the buttocks and strike the person's side.  The extra wrapping of the lash increases the speed of the strike, making it quite painful.  Wrapping is sometimes unavoidable, sometimes purposely done for a desired effect, and sometimes is simply a result of an inexperienced dominant.  Extreme bruising on the hips is often a sign of a careless or incompetent dominant who allowed too much wrapping to occur.  Most players try to avoid wrapping as much as possible.





WRIST CUFFS:
any restraint designed to fit the wrists.    

See related ANKLE CUFFS.










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