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Topics: Sex and Relationships, Dating trends
Anish Vij
If your partner asks if you would like to try out a bit of 'sploshing', then that can mean two things.
Firstly, they're comfortable enough around you to reveal their fetish or kink, which is always a good sign. Honesty is the best policy, whether you're into hotwifing or even vorarephilia.
Then the other thing you need to think about is how comfortable are you eating in bed, leaving the crumbs?
But before understanding what sploshing means, it's probably worth knowing where the strange-sounding term came from.
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Lana Holmes, a psychologist at Onward and Outward Center for Inclusive Therapy and Wellness, has revealed how the term first became popular, and it was probably before you were even born.
The expert says 'splosh' was initially mentioned in Splosh! magazine, which would cover all types of fetishes.
Apparently, the mag was known for coining these sorts of terms, many of which are classed as wet and messy (WAM) kinks.
Without further 'fondue' - sorry that was bad - sploshing is a sort of fetish which includes being covered in food products and beverages.
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It seems the term has come back to life thanks to TikTok and other online communities such as Reddit and X.
And over the past few years, sploshing explainer videos have racked up millions of views online.
Ayesha Hussain, co-creator of Pass The Porn and founder of The Violet, told Men's Health: "There are aspects of the mouth being a vessel that are inherently sexual.
"It opens, it’s moist, and when you get aroused, your mouth opens more and gets more lubricated."
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If it sounds like you're kind of thing, you can really start where you want and when you want.
“It can be anything: spaghetti, cucumbers, chocolate, etc,” Ayesha says. “Watch every movement, taste every smell, imagine their saliva accumulating, and go from there.”
Like most kinks and fetishes, sploshing means different things to different people.
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“Some people may enjoy being covered in these substances, while others may enjoy covering others or watching overs get covered by them,” says Dr. Justin Lehmiller, a research fellow at the Kinsey Institute.
“Others may just enjoy the physical or tactile sensation of these substances,” he noted.
Kink educator Darla Delour added to Glamour: "It’s not about using vegetables as dildos, nor is it adding a splash of whipped cream to your body to spice things up in the bedroom."