kinky

Etymology

From kink + -y.

adj

  1. Full of kinks; liable to kink">kink or curl.
    kinky hair
  2. (informal) Marked by unconventional sexual preferences or behavior, as fetishism, sadomasochism, and other sexual practices.
    Their male customers are often identified as lonely, sleazy, and into kinky sex[…] 1994, Roberta Perkins, Sex Work and Sex Workers in Australia, page ii
    Scars on my back were revealed from when I was whipped by a sadomasochistic ex-lover. I wondered if it bothered anyone, but it only seemed to make everyone harder than they already were. I was a kinky girl. 2002, Lyla Verone, The Interview
  3. Queer; eccentric; crotchety.

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