fireplay

noun — 2 senses

fireplay

noun

Etymology From fire + play.

1

Experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.

  • At least one study suggests that if you take a population of boys between kindergarten and fourth grade, 60 percent of them have committed unsupervised fireplay, which is to say that fireplay is a common and absolutely normal part of human development.2007 November 1, Michael Parrish, “10-Year-Old With Matches Started a California Wildfire”, in New York Times:
2

BDSM, Lifestyle, Sexuality Any of various sexual practices involving fire, such as setting fire to alcohol against the skin.

  • Many years I attended a BDSM conference where a well-known and respected BDSM master presented a demonstration of fireplay as part of the planned programme.2009, Peter Masters, This Curious Human Phenomenon:

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