"pup play" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: ponyplay"
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          "ref": "2015, Lux Alani, “On Authenticity”, in The Little Vanilla Book, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2",
          "text": "He needed to give up control and serve. He came to the dungeon for pup play, a common fetish. Once our scene started, he kneeled for me to collar him and pranced around the floor on a leash, eagerly sat up, barked, and rolled over on command. Sit! Stay! Good boy!",
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          "ref": "2016 June 23, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Eugene Weekly, →OCLC, page 31",
          "text": "It’s important to note, firstly, that pup play isn’t a sexual activity so much as it is a head space,” said Amp, a puppy, a gamer, a porn performer, and the cohost of Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-education YouTube channel. “For DOGGONE’s coworker, pup play may be a comfort thing, or a social thing, or even a way for him to redefine who he is as a person so that he can take control.”[...]\nA pup name is essentially a nickname, and people use nicknames socially and professionally. So long as the kinkier aspects of pup play—tail wagging, barking, ball chasing—are kept out of the workplace, DOGGONE’s coworker using his puppy name at work doesn’t involve the office in his sex life.”",
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          "ref": "2018 July, Papa Woof Roth, “Puppy: Musings on Then and Now”, in Barking News, page 6",
          "text": "But if a pup doesn’t like romping and rolling around but rather just wants to play games with his Handler, that’s their prerogative and right as pup. Just like pups need to be accepting that there are male, female, and transgendered pups. That there are pups that sex is an integral part of their pup play, while others, there are no sexual aspects in their play.",
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        "The sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog."
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        "(sex) The sexual practice of role-playing as a young dog."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: ponyplay"
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          "ref": "2015, Lux Alani, “On Authenticity”, in The Little Vanilla Book, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2",
          "text": "He needed to give up control and serve. He came to the dungeon for pup play, a common fetish. Once our scene started, he kneeled for me to collar him and pranced around the floor on a leash, eagerly sat up, barked, and rolled over on command. Sit! Stay! Good boy!",
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          "text": "It’s important to note, firstly, that pup play isn’t a sexual activity so much as it is a head space,” said Amp, a puppy, a gamer, a porn performer, and the cohost of Watts the Safeword, a kink-friendly sex-education YouTube channel. “For DOGGONE’s coworker, pup play may be a comfort thing, or a social thing, or even a way for him to redefine who he is as a person so that he can take control.”[...]\nA pup name is essentially a nickname, and people use nicknames socially and professionally. So long as the kinkier aspects of pup play—tail wagging, barking, ball chasing—are kept out of the workplace, DOGGONE’s coworker using his puppy name at work doesn’t involve the office in his sex life.”",
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          "text": "But if a pup doesn’t like romping and rolling around but rather just wants to play games with his Handler, that’s their prerogative and right as pup. Just like pups need to be accepting that there are male, female, and transgendered pups. That there are pups that sex is an integral part of their pup play, while others, there are no sexual aspects in their play.",
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