Tags & Terms

This is a non-comprehensive list of tags and terms used on The Dex Collective. This list will continue to grow and change. If you feel an audio is missing a tag, please reach out.

[Affection]

[Aftercare] The period of time after a BDSM scene or play session where participants discuss the events, process their reactions, and transition back to reality to ensure emotional well-being and prevent drop

[Almost Caught] 

[Angst] 

[Assertive] 

[Banter] 

[BDSM] The acronym stands for Bondage/Discipline, Sadism/Masochism, and refers to a variety of consensual sexual practices that often include role-playing, power exchange dynamics, control, restraint, sensation play, pain play, and related practices

[Begging]

[Binaural] An element of sound design where the audio seems to move from one headphone to another, creating a 3-dimensional experience

[Bittersweet Ending]

[Blowjob]

[Bondage] Acts involving the physical restraint of a partner, ranging from partial to total restraint

[Breath Play] Acts involving control over another's breathing

[CFNM/CMNF] Clothed female with a nude male or clothed male with a nude female. Situations where one partner is clothed, and the other is not

[Cheating]

[Cinematic]

[Condescension]

[Condom/No Condom]

[Confession]

[Consent] Mutual agreement to the terms of a scene or ongoing BDSM relationship

[Consensual Non-Consent] A mutual agreement that, within defined limits, consent will be given without prior knowledge of the exact actions planned. It requires trust, understanding, and clear, safe limits between partners.

[Couch Sex]

[Creampie]

[Cunnilingus]

[Deep Throat]

[Discussion]

[Dismissal]

[Doggie]

[Dominant] or [Dom] A person who exercises control in a BDSM or power exchange dynamic, contrasting with the submissive partner

[Dynamic]

[Enemies to Enemies-ish]

[Female Orgasms]

[Fingering]

[FFM/MMF/MMA/etc.] Indicates the genders of the characters present in a threesome or group scenario

[Gooning]

[Grad Student]

[Hatefuck]

[Hybrid Narrative] 

[Immersive]

[In Medias Res] Latin for “in the middle of things.” Used with audios that begin in the middle of the sexual encounter or have very little foreplay

[Impact Play] A type of sensation play that involves delivering impacts using implements such as whips, riding crops, paddles, floggers, and similar items

[Jealousy]

[JOI] “Jerk Off Instructions” AKA guided masturbation

[M4F/M4A/F4TF/NB4F/etc.] Indicates the gender of the speaker and the intended listener characters

  • M: Male 

  • F: Female

  • NB: Non-Binary

  • A: All genders

  • TF: Trans Woman

  • TM: Trans Man

[Mouth Cover]

[Multiple Orgasms] 

[Narrative] In narrative-style audios, the listener is not being spoken to directly, but instead experiences the story through the characters

[Office]

[One Act]

[POV] Point-of-View

[Predator x Prey References]

[Professor]

[Pussy Slaps]

[Ramble] An improvised direct-to-listener style audio

[Reminiscing]

[Roleplay] Roleplay audios (a/k/a Self-Insert, D2L, Direct-to-Listener) are those where the listener is the one being spoken to

[Romance]

[Safeword] An agreed-upon word or signal used by the submissive or bottom to immediately stop BDSM activities, particularly in scenes involving consensual force

[SFW] Safe for Work audios are those with no sexual content

[SFX] Sound effect

[Switch/Switchy] Dominant and submissive roles switch throughout the audio

[Submissive] or [sub] A person who willingly relinquishes control in a BDSM dynamic

[Tension]

[Toy Play]