BDSM Lexicon: The Most Comprehensive BDSM Encyclopedia

BDSM is a world with an almost endless array of terms, techniques, materials, roles, and dynamics. Even if you’ve been active in BDSM for years, you’ll likely come across a term every now and then that makes you think: what was that again? Or maybe you’re familiar with a term but want to know just a little bit more about it.

That’s what BDSM Lexicon is for.

BDSM Lexicon is a comprehensive digital BDSM encyclopedia where you can not only look up individual terms but also explore the subject in ever-greater depth. From bondage and impact play to D/s dynamics, fetishes, materials, safety, history, and specialized techniques—everything has its own place within the app.

Much More Than a Glossary

The name “Lexicon” might lead you to believe that you’ll only find a brief definition for each BDSM term. The app goes far beyond that.

Under each topic, you’ll find extensive background information, explanations, and—where relevant—discussions of risks and safety. This means you can use BDSM Lexicon when you want a quick definition of a term, but also when you want to really delve into a topic.

For example, what is sensory play? What is meant by “High Protocol”? What’s the difference between a T-cross and a St. Andrew’s cross? What does “sounding” entail? What is a “stag dynamic”? And what do you need to keep in mind when practicing certain BDSM techniques?

You can search for specific terms, or you can simply let the content guide you.

From one topic to the next

One of the key features of the BDSM Lexicon is that topics aren’t treated as isolated islands.

After all, BDSM is a web of interconnected concepts.

Are you reading about a specific technique and do you come across another BDSM term mentioned there? Then you can move from that topic to the next. Relevant terms are linked to one another, allowing the encyclopedia to function more and more like a network of BDSM knowledge.

You might open the app because you want to look up a single term, and ten minutes later, you’ll suddenly find yourself reading about a completely different topic.

That’s exactly the point.

More Than Just Encyclopedic Terms

BDSM cannot be fully captured in definitions. Behind many topics lies a story, a history, or a broader context.

That’s why, in addition to the encyclopedia, BDSM Lexicon also includes in-depth articles and feature stories.

Here, there’s room for topics that require more depth than is possible within a single encyclopedic entry. Relevant terms can link to these articles, while an article can in turn lead you to further reading on the terms used.

This creates a single, comprehensive knowledge environment rather than a collection of separate texts.

Your Own Reading and Listening Corner

BDSM Lexicon is all about discovery and exploration. That’s why it goes beyond the encyclopedia and articles.

In the app, you’ll also find an extensive reading and listening corner.

Here, BDSM-related e-books and music are made available for you to read or listen to directly within the app. You don’t have to keep purchasing separate products for this.

The reading and listening corner is included with your subscription.

This gives you access not only to the comprehensive encyclopedia but also to content with a combined value of hundreds of euros.

Always New Things to Discover

An encyclopedia about BDSM is never truly complete.

New terms emerge, existing concepts evolve, and topics that are only briefly covered today may be expanded with new information later on.

That’s why BDSM Lexicon can keep growing.

Under New, you can see which content has been added recently. You can save interesting topics to your Favorites so you can easily find them later.

So you don’t have to work your way through the app from start to finish. BDSM Lexicon is actually meant to be opened again and again.

Look something up. Keep reading. Discover something new. And pick up where you left off next time.

For Beginners and Experienced BDSM Practitioners Alike

You don’t need extensive knowledge of BDSM to use BDSM Lexicon.

Especially when you’re just starting to explore, it can be helpful to have a central place where you can look up unfamiliar terms and discover connections. Instead of relying on scattered information you come across all over the internet, you can continue reading from a single platform.

But the app is definitely not intended solely for beginners.

There’s still plenty to discover for experienced subs, Doms, switches, and others who’ve been active in BDSM for a long time. BDSM is simply too vast to know everything.

And sometimes you know what something means, but you want to read just a little more about it.

From BDSM Encyclopedia to BDSM Lexicon

The knowledge accumulated over the years within the BDSM Encyclopedia is taking on a new form with BDSM Lexicon.

No longer a traditional website with separate pages, but a modern app where topics can be much more closely interconnected and where encyclopedic information, articles, features, e-books, and music come together.

The existing knowledge is therefore not the end point, but rather the foundation upon which we continue to build.

Your BDSM knowledge base at your fingertips

BDSM Lexicon is not intended as a course you have to complete. There’s no final exam, and there’s no point at which you can say you’ve “finished” the entire encyclopedia.

BDSM is far too multifaceted for that.

Think of it as a knowledge base that goes wherever you go. When you want to know something, you look it up. When you’re curious, you read on. And when you think you already know quite a lot about BDSM, there’s probably another topic you’ve never encountered yet.

BDSM Lexicon—discover, look up, and keep learning.

You can get access for €7.99 per month or opt for an annual subscription for €79.99. The annual subscription is therefore more cost-effective than twelve separate monthly payments.

Includes access to the comprehensive BDSM encyclopedia, articles, features, and the complete reading and listening corner.