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  • noun A person who enjoys both inflicting and receiving pain for sexual gratification.

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  • noun someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism

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Examples

  • I think this is because what they expect of a sadomasochist is a freak, an anomaly, a drooling pervert who lures children into dark alleys.

    Come Hither Dr. Gloria G. Brame 2000

  • I think this is because what they expect of a sadomasochist is a freak, an anomaly, a drooling pervert who lures children into dark alleys.

    Come Hither Dr. Gloria G. Brame 2000

  • I think this is because what they expect of a sadomasochist is a freak, an anomaly, a drooling pervert who lures children into dark alleys.

    Come Hither Dr. Gloria G. Brame 2000

  • Yes, I suppose it's possible she's some kind of sadomasochist, suffering from all this, losing her legislative seat, ruining her actually fairly clean reputation, shown to be a hypocrite for criticizing Chen Shi-meng for the same thing, and actually doesn't have US citizenship.

    KMT Wins in Da-an Michael Turton 2009

  • Only some kind of sadomasochist would willingly keep submitting themselves to that kind of trauma.

    Think Progress » Neil Cavuto Gets Letters 2006

  • 5. I wonder if David isn't some kind of sadomasochist or gluton for painful political defeats.

    QCF: David Pepper Running For Commisioner Nathaniel Livingston 2006

  • The sadomasochist, the libertarian, and the anarchist characters depicted had nothing in common, except that they all agreed that marriage was a foolish institution and chastity was a bad idea.

    MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009

  • When it was all done, Lindsay sat on the bed with me while I asked questions (and here, simply listened, like a therapist), and she talked quite easily about the sadomasochist relationship of Lovelace and Chuck Traynor, at one point saying the script reminded her of her parents.

    Kim Morgan: Motel Musings: Lindsay Lohan As Linda Lovelace 2010

  • When it was all done, Lindsay sat on the bed with me while I asked questions (and here, simply listened, like a therapist), and she talked quite easily about the sadomasochist relationship of Lovelace and Chuck Traynor, at one point saying the script reminded her of her parents.

    Kim Morgan: Motel Musings: Lindsay Lohan As Linda Lovelace 2010

  • In Shenzhen, I visited a sex-toy factory, where bored production-line workers were sticking fake pubic hair on rubber vaginas, testing the circuits on unfeasibly large vibrators, sticking studs on sadomasochist outfits, and waiting for the end of a shift spent monotonously making cheap thrills.

    When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010

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  • The pleasure and pain of being a ghost.

    :-)

    :-(

    August 15, 2008