Terms that have changed in meaning

[gemmy]

the gay crowd's take on the word straight became so pervasive that us kinky folks had to settle for a new word, so "vanilla" became the one.

But why?? This shows we had to pick another word as Sir Russell already has stated but I'm still curious as to why it was chosen?

I thought the four-letter acronym BDSM was a conflation of
BD - Bondage and Discipline
DS - Dominance and Submission
SM - Sado-Masochism

I had thought the same as posted previously and still wonder if that's the original or if it was as icey suggested, something else

BDSM didn't it originally just stand for

B-Bondage
D-Domination
S-sadism
M-Masochism

and not Bondage,Domination,Discipline,Sadism,Submission,Ma sochism.

So, Sir Russell - care to enlighten us? hehe