kinkster

[ kingk-ster ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a person who participates in unconventional sexual practices, especially BDSM.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kinkster¹

First recorded in 1895–1900, for an earlier sense; 1965–70, for the current sense; kink ( def ) + -ster ( def )

Example Sentences

Since then, Chris Chan has been painted as the archetypal stereotype of the Sonic kinkster’s culture: antisocial, emotionally stunted, and burdened with some significant personality disorders.

From Slate

For one thing, notes Kitty Stryker—a sex writer, activist, and long-time kinkster—the same terms, or rankings of interest or experience in them, could mean drastically different things to people.

From Slate

“Well,” the Kinkster, as he is also commonly referred to, especially in the third person, proclaims, “you get the drift.”

From The New Yorker

As a professional dominatrix and lifelong kinkster, I welcome this but also offer a warning.

From The Guardian

Universal Studios has snapped up the film rights, and the internet is agog with speculation as to which Hollywood hunk will play emotionally cretinous kinkster Christian Grey and who will land the plum role of faux-intellectual bore-bag Anastasia Steele.

From The Guardian