General
wiitwd (what it is that we do)
What does wiitwd (what it is that we do) mean?
The scene's own polite umbrella for all of it. 'BDSM' only covers a slice, bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadomasochism, and plenty of people in the community don't slot into those letters. Someone solely into, say, infantilism or cross-dressing isn't doing 'BDSM' but is absolutely doing WIITWD. Deliberately vague, deliberately inclusive, and a bit of an in-joke.
"Don't call it BDSM around her; she just says WIITWD because the acronym never quite fits."
Origin
Grew out of Usenet newsgroups, where people pointed out that 'BDSM' described only a fraction of the alternative-sexuality community. WIITWD became the broader, label-dodging umbrella.
Frequently asked questions
What does WIITWD mean?
It stands for "What It Is That We Do" — a catch-all the kink scene uses for everything it gets up to when 'BDSM' feels too narrow.
How do you use WIITWD in a sentence?
"There's no single label for all of WIITWD."
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