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kink

kink

8 7.7
An unusual habit or idea someone has
  • noun
  • /kɪŋk/
  • Informal
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  • Many people have a kink for collecting unusual items like vintage toys.
  • a kind of kink

Part of my sexual kinks these days are being filmed.

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Examples

  • We've all got kinks.

  • She had a quirky kink for organizing her books by color rather than genre.

  • How about you have a kink of doing positive things?

  • Turns out my kink is consequences.

  • I crossed my arms and considered this new kink in his reasoning.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Sometimes, when their kinks come out, it can get pretty funny.

  • When was the last time the media celebrated the natural kink in black women's hair?

    Blog text (3)
  • In my opinion, the black natural hair community helps black women embrace their kinks.

    Blog text (12)
  • He was six feet tall, a runner, and had dark hair with a little kink to it.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • If you are interested in non kink shaming conversations, we are destigmatizing kink in the black community.

Synonyms

quirk
vskink
40 6.0

An unusual habit or trait that makes a person different

is an unusual idea rather than a personal behaviour trait
oddity
vskink
12 5.9

An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking

focuses on an odd idea rather than a general strange quality
wackadoodle idea
vskink
  • Slang
9.7

A strange, unrealistic idea that seems silly to most people

is milder and denotes simply an unusual or eccentric notion
wingnutty idea
vskink
  • Slang
9.9

A very strange thought or plan that seems extreme

is less extreme and means an unusual or eccentric notion

Antonyms

106 3.9

A usual way of behaving that most people in a group follow

How Unusual

eccentricity
15 7.8
oddity
15 5.3
peculiarity
14 6.1
kink
  • Informal
8 7.7
quirk
40 6.0

Surface Forms

kink singular
kinks plural

Etymology

Kink for an unusual idea or quirk comes from the idea of a 'twist' away from the normal, so a person's odd habit or strange preference is called a 'kink' because it is a twist in their usual way of thinking or behaving.