The SmutWords Glossary

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A dynamic where one partner uses the other's kinks or fetishes as a tool for control, teasing, or reward, often in a consensual power exchange. The focus is on the knowing deployment of someone's sexual triggers, sometimes to overwhelm or destabilize them.