"kinkshame" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-kinkshame.wav Forms: kinkshames [present, singular, third-person], kinkshaming [participle, present], kinkshamed [participle, past], kinkshamed [past], kink-shame [alternative], kink shame [alternative]
Etymology: From kink + shame. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kink|shame}} kink + shame Head templates: {{en-verb}} kinkshame (third-person singular simple present kinkshames, present participle kinkshaming, simple past and past participle kinkshamed)
  1. (ambitransitive) To mock, shame, or condemn (someone) for their sexual preferences or interests and fetishes. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-kinkshame-en-verb-8DmlojYa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sex Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Sex: 48 52
  2. (transitive) To mock, shame, or condemn (a sexual preference or fetish). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-kinkshame-en-verb-k1TsALG- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sex Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Sex: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: yuck someone's yum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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