Glossary

Plain definitions of the terms and acronyms used across adult venues and listings, each one linked to the places it applies to.

A

A-level In commercial-sex advertising, A-level means anal sex. It is... Aftercare The support given after a scene ends — physical, emotional,...

B

Bar fine A fee paid to the bar, not to the dancer, so she can leave b... Beer bar A Thai bar that is open-fronted, has no stage and charges no... Body-to-body massage A massage in which the masseuse uses her body as well as her...

C

Cum in mouth CIM CIM stands for cum in mouth, indicating that the client ejac...

D

Deep French kissing DFK DFK stands for deep French kissing. It is advertising shorth... Deep throating DT DT stands for deep-throating. In commercial-sex advertising... Dungeon A room fitted out for BDSM rather than for living in — restr...

E

Eroscenter An Eroscenter is a large, usually multi-floor building of in...

F

Four-hands massage A massage given by two therapists working on one client at t... Full service FS FS stands for full service, used in commercial-sex advertisi...

G

Garota de programa The ordinary Brazilian term for a woman doing sex work, used... Girlfriend experience GFE GFE stands for girlfriend experience. It describes a booking...

H

Happy ending A customer's euphemism rather than a service any licensed ve... Hard limit Something that must not be done, stated in advance and not o... Host club The hostess bar inverted: young men selling conversation, at... Hostess bar A Japanese bar that sells attention. Hostesses pour drinks a...

I

Incall A booking at the provider's own premises — the client travel...

L

Lady drink A drink bought for a dancer or member of staff at a marked-u... Lap dance A private dance in which the dancer has body contact with a... Laufhaus A Laufhaus is a building of individually rented rooms where... Lingam massage A massage focused on the genitals specifically — the penis —...

M

Munch A casual social meet-up for people into kink, held somewhere...

N

Nuru massage Nuru is a body-to-body massage using a thick, slippery gel o...

O

Oral without OWO OWO stands for oral without — in commercial-sex advertising,... Outcall A booking where the provider travels to the client rather th...

P

Play party An organised event where people socialise and play in the sa... Porn star experience PSE PSE stands for porn star experience. Like GFE it is advertis... Prepago Colombian slang for a high-end sex worker. It is not neutral... Private dance A dance bought individually and performed for one customer,... Privéhuis A Dutch house of rented rooms where independent sex workers...

S

Safeword An agreed word or signal that says what a scene cannot: stop... Session A booked appointment with a professional dominant or fetish... Shibari Japanese-style decorative rope bondage, tied in intricate pa... Short-time hotel A hotel that rents a room by the block — commonly two to fou... Soapland A Japanese bathhouse-format adult venue where a bathing ritu... Striptease An erotic dance in which the performer undresses gradually,... Switch Someone who takes both sides — sometimes the top, sometimes...

T

Table dance Strictly the dance — an erotic performance on a table, platf... Tantric massage The most commonly advertised erotic massage format, and the... Terma A Brazilian venue that presents as a working spa — pool, sau... Tippelzone A defined Dutch area, usually a road or car park away from h...

W

Whiskería An Argentine bar where clients and sex workers meet before g... Window prostitution Sex work in which the worker rents an illuminated window boo...

Y

Yoni massage A massage focused on the genitals specifically — the vulva a...