sexual role-play

American  

[sek-shoo-uhl rohl-pley] / ˈsɛk ʃu əl ˈroʊlˌpleɪ /

Or sexual roleplay

noun

1. role-play, either in person or online, in which participants act out erotic fantasies for mutual gratification, often involving bondage, dominance, or the like: SRP

   Popular for sexual role-play is the French maid uniform, worn by a servant who traditionally defers to her wealthy master.

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Etymology

Origin of sexual role-play

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

Mike Leigh's 1988 comedy High Hopes contains a scene in which a suburban shrew attempts to cajole her boorish husband into some sexual role-play.

From The Guardian

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw called Polanski's first French-language film a "playful if occasionally heavy-handed jeu d'ésprit on the subject of sexual role-play, the games we all play, illusion and reality, and directing as a sexual act."

From Reuters

Venus In Fur is a playful if occasionally heavy-handed jeu d'ésprit on the subject of sexual role-play, the games we all play, illusion and reality, and directing as a sexual act.

From The Guardian

Dr. Frank P. Miller III at the Lorain County coroner’s office tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that Sam Mazzola was asphyxiated in an apparent accident during sexual role-play.

From Washington Post