PYL/pyl?

[ChainedRebel]

Okay, I'm not new by any means to this lifestyle but I guess I don't keep up with the terms and such. This Pyl/pyl is new to me. I get the concept but don't know the acronymn.

Enlighten me please.

 

[nh23]

Okay, I'm not new by any means to this lifestyle but I guess I don't keep up with the terms and such. This Pyl/pyl is new to me. I get the concept but don't know the acronymn.

Enlighten me please.

Pick your label. Pyl= Dom, Master, Daddy..ect. pyl= submissive, sub, little on..ect

 

[ChainedRebel]

Pick your label. Pyl= Dom, Master, Daddy..ect. pyl= submissive, sub, little on..ect

Ah, okay, thank you.

Odd choice of terms. Or maybe it's just me.

 

[nh23]

Ah, okay, thank you.

Your Welcome

 

[Netzach]

It is specific to Lit BDSM board and AA can be credited with its invention. It *does* present a nice gender non specific way to navigate "Masters Daddies Dommes Doms Tops etc" and "slaves, subs bottoms boys girls etc" every time you want a catch all.

 

[ChainedRebel]

It is specific to Lit BDSM board and AA can be credited with its invention. It *does* present a nice gender non specific way to navigate "Masters Daddies Dommes Doms Tops etc" and "slaves, subs bottoms boys girls etc" every time you want a catch all.

Yes ma'am I reckon so. But not sure I like it. Maybe it's the "label" part. Not that I give a rat's ass about labels, those are in the eye of the beholder. But I prefer to say what I mean and what applies as it can have a drastic effect on what is being discussed. A slave should not be confused with a sub just as a top should not be confused with a domme. But I suppose I'm just being particular.

Though I must say I do find it intersting that a group such as us would adopt a term like that. Pick Your Label.

To each their own.

 

[Evil_Geoff]

If you find a need to be so specific as to make a remark that applies, for example, to "slaves", but not to "bottoms", "submissives" then feel free to use the specific term. Or if something applies to "Daddies" but not "Tops" "Dominants" "Masters" "Mistresses", again, feel free to be specific.

But trust me, using the generic PYL for those who reside on the left side of the slash, and pyl for those who live on the right side saves a lot of key strokes when you are speaking in general terms.

And it avoids pissing off people who you might call a submissive when they themselves consider themselves a slave... or vice versa... or leave someone out because you forgot to include their orientation when you were getting specific...

 

[ChainedRebel]

I see your point Geoff and understand it. And can see how it could be useful for some things. Perhaps my dislike is because I'm a long winded fuck.

Still don't care for it. But I just wanted to know what it meant more than anything. As I said, to each their own.

 

[Etoile]

Yep, it's very helpful when you don't know what someone identifies as. I identify as a sub at the moment, in the past I have identified as a slave, and I will be a bottom to the end of my days. But unless my identity is what's being discussed, I can't presume to know what others' identities are or what they are talking about. For example, Bandit and Gil. I know Bandit is on the right side and Gil is on the left (thanks, Geoff!) but I don't know if Bandit prefers to be called a sub or a slave, or if she calls Gil her Master or her Owner or what. So it's easier to say PYL/pyl.

And yeah, I know you probably figured this out already, but I like to hear myself talk too.

 

[serijules]

Yes ma'am I reckon so. But not sure I like it. Maybe it's the "label" part. Not that I give a rat's ass about labels, those are in the eye of the beholder. But I prefer to say what I mean and what applies as it can have a drastic effect on what is being discussed. A slave should not be confused with a sub just as a top should not be confused with a domme. But I suppose I'm just being particular.

Though I must say I do find it intersting that a group such as us would adopt a term like that. Pick Your Label.

To each their own.

I don't like it either, so I don't use it. If I mistakenly piss someone off by not using the exact term they wish to be referred as, or if someone is not bright enough to realize a generalization when they see one, I'm not much interested in talking to them anyhow.

I tend to use "top" and "bottom" when being general. Tops are the one on the top, bottoms are the ones on the bottom, regardless of specifics. Never understood the need to make it more complicated than that

 

[catalina_francisco]

Yes ma'am I reckon so. But not sure I like it. Maybe it's the "label" part. Not that I give a rat's ass about labels, those are in the eye of the beholder. But I prefer to say what I mean and what applies as it can have a drastic effect on what is being discussed. A slave should not be confused with a sub just as a top should not be confused with a domme. But I suppose I'm just being particular.

Though I must say I do find it intersting that a group such as us would adopt a term like that. Pick Your Label.

To each their own.

True in part, but it arouse as a result of some people continually objecting when in discussions someone posted thoughts etc., and did not include their particular lable. For example, they may have mentioned a Sir or Dom but not Master or a Mistress or a Top or a Domme or a sub or a slave or Daddy...you get the picture. To save the long line of typed titles which might apply, and people feeling their particular area of interest was being disregarded, it seemed simpler to have a catch all acronym which people could then read and insert whatever label applied to their particular reality.

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