breathplay

alternative breath play

1. uncountableBDSMErotic asphyxiation; a sexual practice involving the intentional deprivation of oxygen to the brain, often by means of choking.

   I think it's safe to say that no matter which position one takes on it, breathplay is considered edgeplay.

   1998 September 10, M. Shirley Chong, “Re: Bill Majors: my experience--Part Three”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet)

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   These are stated as absolutes, even though we know perfectly well that there IS a level of force that can be applied to the kidney area safely, that restricted ciruclation is perfectly safe for a short time and that breathplay is commenly^([sic]) engaged in with no problem at all.

   2006 December 14, Bob King, “Re: Now that you have shot the messenger; WAS: Defining Abuse in Absolute and Total Power Exchange”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm (Usenet)

   It even includes the consensual breathplay of faith (Juliette Lewis) and Max Peltier (Tom Sizemore) in Strange Days: Peltier's meta-sadistic crimes notwithstanding, he gave Faith only what she desired, and afterwards her eyes glittered "with sated lust" (Cameron and Cocks 1993).

   2013, Lewis Call, BDSM in American Science Fiction and Fantasy, Palgrave, →ISBN, page 25

   Synonyms: breath control play