kinky

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  1. adjective Tightly twisted or curled: kinky hair.
  2. adjective Slang Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature: "his appetite for kinky filmmaking, unmitigated by any artistry” (John Simon).

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  • He did not need it all the time, or to twist it into anything kinky--not much at least. —  Asimov's SF - February2006
  • Their market research turned up a lot of games that were "kind of kinky," and often patronizing in their simplistic and cliché approaches to building intimacy, he says.
  • "I bet something kinky is going down, so I'd like to watch." —  Comments for Azure Flame
  • "Nothing too kinky or exotic, if you know what I mean." —  Comments for Azure Flame
  • Unfortunately, once said battle rolls around in 22, it turns out to be as disappointing as expected, with numerous generics fighting in order to keep each other occupied, whilst the expected boss battle with Hervé is replaced by what looks more like a kinky sex scene between him and his sister. —  Comments for Azure Flame
 

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/ˈkɪŋki/
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