The glossary of pleasure

A

Anilingus Anilingus is an oral caress of the anus and perineum, also known as rimming.

C

Clitoris The clitoris is the erectile organ of the vulva, devoted to pleasure, whose visible part is only the tip of an internal structure several centimetres long. Cunnilingus Cunnilingus is the stimulation of the vulva, and the clitoris in particular, with the tongue, the lips and the mouth.

D

Deep throat Deep throat is a variation on oral sex where the penis is taken very far into the mouth, all the way to the entrance of the throat. Dildo The dildo is an elongated sex toy, most often modelled on a penis, designed for vaginal or anal penetration, solo or with a partner. Doggy style Doggy style is a position where the person being penetrated faces away, propped on their knees and their hands or elbows, while their partner penetrates them from behind. Double penetration Double penetration means being penetrated by two sexes or two objects at the same time, either in two different openings or in the same one.

E

Ejaculation Ejaculation is the expulsion, often in spurts, of a fluid through the genital tract at the moment of orgasm or just before, in men and, more rarely, in women. Eroticism Eroticism covers everything that evokes desire and physical love by playing on suggestion, imagination and the senses rather than on raw display.

F

Facial ejaculation Facial ejaculation is when a man ejaculates on his partner's face at the moment of climax, a practice that gets decided together and never as a surprise. Fellatio Fellatio is the stimulation of the penis with the mouth, the lips and the tongue, on its own or combined with the hand. Fetishism Fetishism is an erotic attraction triggered by a specific object, material or body part, which becomes a source of arousal all on its own.

G

Gang bang A gang bang refers to a group sex practice where one person has sex with several partners, at the same time or one after the other, within a framework everyone has agreed to.

K

Kamasutra The Kamasutra is an Indian treatise on the art of loving, written in Sanskrit in the first centuries of our era, dealing with desire, seduction and pleasure far beyond sexual positions.

L

Libido Libido is sexual desire, that energy that makes you want sex, alone or with someone, and it varies enormously from one person to another and from one moment to the next.

S

Swinging Swinging is when two or more couples swap sexual partners for the duration of an encounter, with everyone's clear agreement.

T

Titjob A titjob is a sexual caress that consists of massaging the penis between the breasts, with small back and forth movements.