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English
Etymology
From fire + play.
Pronunciation
Noun
fireplay (uncountable)
- Experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.
2007 November 1, Michael Parrish, “10-Year-Old With Matches Started a California Wildfire”, in New York Times: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.
- (BDSM) Any of various sexual practices involving fire, such as setting fire to alcohol against the skin.
2009, Peter Masters, This Curious Human Phenomenon: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.